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Onespot wormfish
Gunnellichthys monostigma
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Onespot wormfish
- Scientific
- Gunnellichthys monostigma
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 20 m (usually 6 to 20 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A long, thin wormfish with a single dark spot near the gill cover, reaching about 15 cm. It lives over open sand slopes swept by current.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gunnellichthys-monostigma.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/137268134
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.