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Spotnape butterflyfish
Chaetodon oxycephalus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Spotnape butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon oxycephalus
- Dhivehi
- ތަލަކަޅު ބިބީThalakalhu bibee
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 25 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 10 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A white butterflyfish with a black eye bar, a separate black spot on the nape, a large black saddle on the rear back and yellow rear fins. It lives singly or in pairs on coral-rich coastal reefs and feeds on coral polyps and anemones.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi Wikipedia (MRS-derived) gives thalakalhu bibee.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-oxycephalus.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ތަލަކަޅު_ބިބީ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Bep_chaetodon_oxycephalus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ތަލަކަޅު ބިބީ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Thalakalhu bibee' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.