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Forktail large-eye bream
Gymnocranius elongatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Forktail large-eye bream
- Scientific
- Gymnocranius elongatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Lethrinidae (emperors)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 35 cm (total length); commonly 25 cm
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 50 to 100 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A large-eye bream with a deeply forked tail, silvery with faint markings, reaching about 35 cm. It lives over sandy and low rocky bottoms in deeper water.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gymnocranius-elongatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Letrínido_(Gymnocranius_elongatus),_Mauricio,_2025-09-23,_D
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.