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Striped large-eye bream
Gnathodentex aureolineatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Striped large-eye bream
- Scientific
- Gnathodentex aureolineatus
- Dhivehi
- Boda handhi
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Lethrinidae (emperors)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 42 cm (fork length); commonly 20 cm; max. published weight 2.1 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A small emperor-bream with large eyes, silvery sides with thin golden-brown stripes and a distinctive yellow-orange blotch on the upper tail base below the end of the dorsal fin. By day it often rests in large groups near coral; at night it disperses to feed on crabs, snails and small fish.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives boda handhi.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gnathodentex-aureolineatus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=1832&GenusName=Gnathodentex&SpeciesNa
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_emperador_estriado_(Gnathodentex_aureolineatus),_Nosy_A
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Boda handhi' (Latin script). FishBase also lists 'Bondu' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: single source.