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Weedy cardinalfish
Foa fo
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Weedy cardinalfish
- Scientific
- Foa fo
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3.5 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 82 m (usually 0 to 15 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2022
Description
A tiny, mottled brown cardinalfish with five darker irregular bars, reaching about 3.5 cm. It lives in quiet bays over silty bottoms with algae and soft corals and is active at night.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Foa-fo.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Weedy_cardinalfish_(Foa_fo).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.