Bluespotted cornetfish
Fistularia commersonii
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bluespotted cornetfish
- Scientific
- Fistularia commersonii
- Dhivehi
- އޮނުގަނޑުތޮޅިOnugandu tholhi
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.6 m (total length); commonly 1 m (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives common to 1 m; max. 1.6 m
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 132 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2016
Description
A very long, thin fish with a tubular snout and a long whip-like filament from the middle of the tail. It is greenish to brownish grey above and silvery below with two blue stripes or rows of blue spots along the back, and turns banded at night. It hunts small fish and shrimps, often swimming alongside other fish to approach prey.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name onugandu tholhi (MRS 1997). MRS notes earlier Maldives records under F. petimba were misidentified.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Fistularia-commersonii.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5444&GenusName=Fistularia&SpeciesName
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/އޮނުގަނޑުތޮޅި
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Fistularia_commersonii1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Onugandu tholhi' (Latin form). FishBase (country: Maldives) agrees: 'Onugandu tholhi'. Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'އޮނުގަނޑުތޮޅި' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.