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Pygmy coral croucher
Caracanthus unipinna
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Pygmy coral croucher
- Scientific
- Caracanthus unipinna
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A tiny, dark, velvety fish reaching about 5 cm that lives only among the branches of certain corals and never leaves its coral head.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Caracanthus-unipinna.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Caracanthus_unipinna_Japan.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.