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Cigar wrasse
Cheilio inermis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Cigar wrasse
- Scientific
- Cheilio inermis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (standard length); commonly 35 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 30 m (usually 2 to 30 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2008
Description
A long, slender, cigar-shaped wrasse that may be green, brown, orange-brown or yellow, often with a broken dark stripe along the side, reaching about 50 cm. It lives in seagrass and algal flats and hunts small invertebrates.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cheilio-inermis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cheilio_inermis_Réunion.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.