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Ring wrasse
Hologymnosus annulatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ring wrasse
- Scientific
- Hologymnosus annulatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 40 cm (total length); commonly 34 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 8 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A slender wrasse; females are almost black and males greenish with a blue face and, in the Indian Ocean form, a white band across the body. It reaches about 40 cm and hunts small fish over offshore reef slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Hologymnosus-annulatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:HologymAnnulatRLS.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.