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Goldstripe wrasse
Halichoeres zeylonicus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Goldstripe wrasse
- Scientific
- Halichoeres zeylonicus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 10 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A wrasse; females are light bluish grey with a narrow orange stripe from the snout to the tail, and males are blue-green at the front with pink markings. It reaches about 20 cm and lives over open sand and rubble on seaward reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Halichoeres-zeylonicus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Halichoeres_zeylonicus_Maldives.png
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.