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Dog-toothed cardinalfish
Cheilodipterus isostigma
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Dog-toothed cardinalfish
- Scientific
- Cheilodipterus isostigma
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 11 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 4 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A slender cardinalfish with five dark stripes and a black spot at the tail base in line with the middle stripe, reaching about 11 cm. It lives in small groups among staghorn corals in lagoons.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cheilodipterus-isostigma.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/170656761
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.