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IllustrationMojarra (no English common name)
Gerres maldivensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Mojarra (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Gerres maldivensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Gerreidae (mojarras)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6.5 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, slender mojarra with large eyes and dark vertical bars, reaching about 6.5 cm.
In the Maldives
First described from the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gerres-maldivensis.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.