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Crosseyed cardinalfish
Fowleria aurita
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Crosseyed cardinalfish
- Scientific
- Fowleria aurita
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 37 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A small, stocky reddish-brown cardinalfish with a dark eyespot on the gill cover, reaching about 9 cm. It lives among weed in tide pools and inshore reefs and is nocturnal.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Fowleria-aurita.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Apogonichthys_auritus_-_1835_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologi
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.