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Redbreasted wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Valid name per FishBase; not independently confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.
- English
- Redbreasted wrasse
- Scientific
- Cheilinus fasciatus
- Dhivehi
- Fanfulhah landaa
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 40 cm (standard length); max. published weight 172.83 g
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 4 to 80 m (usually 4 to 40 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2008
Description
A stocky wrasse with a pointed snout, a dark body crossed by pale bars, and a bright orange-red chest and head; large males develop trailing tips to the tail. It often follows other fish or divers that disturb the sand, snapping up exposed molluscs and crabs. It lives in mixed coral, sand and rubble of lagoon and seaward reefs, usually shallower than 20 m.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives fanfulhah landaa.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cheilinus-fasciatus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5600&GenusName=Cheilinus&SpeciesName=
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Redbreasted_wrasse_(Cheilinus_fasciatus)_(46196862165).jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Fanfulhah landaa' (Latin script). FishBase also lists 'Fehihikkae' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: single source.