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Persian blenny
Ecsenius midas
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Persian blenny
- Scientific
- Ecsenius midas
- Dhivehi
- Reendhoo funna
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A slender golden-orange blenny with a black spot around the vent and a lyre-shaped tail, reaching about 13 cm. Unlike most blennies, it swims up into the water to feed on plankton, often mixing with schools of orange anthias that it closely resembles.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives reendhoo funna.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Ecsenius-midas.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7561&GenusName=Ecsenius&SpeciesName=m
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ecsenius_midas001.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Reendhoo funna' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.