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Arrowhead soapfish
Belonoperca chabanaudi
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Arrowhead soapfish
- Scientific
- Belonoperca chabanaudi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 4 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A slender, pointed soapfish, brown to dusky blue-grey with a yellow saddle on the tail base and a black eyespot on the spiny dorsal fin, reaching about 15 cm. It hovers in caves on steep slopes and hunts small fish and crustaceans at night.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Belonoperca-chabanaudi.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Belonoperca_chabanaudi_69904536.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.