Red cornetfish
Fistularia petimba
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Red cornetfish
- Scientific
- Fistularia petimba
- Dhivehi
- ރަތް އޮނުގަނޑުތޮޅިRaiy onugandu tholhi
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2 m (total length); commonly 1.8 m; max. published weight 4.7 kg (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives common to 1 m; max. 2 m
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 10 to 200 m (usually 18 to 57 m); also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2024
Description
A long cornetfish, reddish to orange-brown above and silvery below, with a row of bony plates along the back. It lives in deeper coastal water over soft bottoms, usually deeper than 10 m, and feeds on small fish and shrimps.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name raiy onugandu tholhi (MRS 1997). MRS notes the Maldives record was based on a part-digested specimen from the stomach of a yellowfin tuna caught about 30 nautical miles east of Lhaviyani Atoll.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Fistularia-petimba.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ރަތް_އޮނުގަނޑުތޮޅި
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Fistularia_petimba.jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Raiy onugandu tholhi' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ރަތް އޮނުގަނޑުތޮޅި' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form. FishBase also lists 'Digunagutholi' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used.