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Peppered butterflyfish
Chaetodon guttatissimus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Peppered butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon guttatissimus
- Dhivehi
- ލައްޖެހި ބިބީLahjehi bibee
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 12 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small, pale butterflyfish covered in tiny dark spots, with a dark eye bar, a yellow rear edge to the fins and a dark band near the end of the tail. It lives in pairs or small groups on lagoon and seaward reefs, feeding on worms, coral polyps and algae. It is an Indian Ocean species.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi Wikipedia (MRS-derived) gives lahjehi bibee.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-guttatissimus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7791&GenusName=Chaetodon&SpeciesName=
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ލައްޖެހި_ބިބީ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Bep_chaetodon_gutt_punc_bali.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Lahjehi bibee' (Latin script). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ލައްޖެހި ބިބީ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.