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Mottled cardinalfish
Fowleria vaiulae
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Mottled cardinalfish
- Scientific
- Fowleria vaiulae
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 25 m (usually 3 to 15 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
A small, mottled brown cardinalfish with six to eight pale bars and dark bands radiating from the eye, reaching about 5 cm. It hides among branching corals and is solitary.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Fowleria-vaiulae.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/73848249
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.