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Leopard blenny
Exallias brevis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Leopard blenny
- Scientific
- Exallias brevis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 14 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 20 m (usually 3 to 8 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A stout blenny covered in small reddish to brown spots like a leopard, reaching about 14 cm. It lives among branching and plate corals on clear reefs and feeds on coral polyps.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Exallias-brevis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Exallias_brevis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.