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Triplefin (no English common name)
Helcogramma larvata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Triplefin (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Helcogramma larvata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.2 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 0 to 2 m
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2010
Description
A minute triplefin, about 2 cm long, living in very shallow water.
In the Maldives
One of the very few fishes known only from the Maldives (FishBase lists it as endemic).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Helcogramma-larvata.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.