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Dusky tilefish
Hoplolatilus cuniculus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Dusky tilefish
- Scientific
- Hoplolatilus cuniculus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 16 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 25 to 115 m (usually 30 to 115 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
A slender tilefish, pale olive-brown to yellowish green, reaching about 16 cm. It hovers in groups above burrows on rubble and mud slopes below about 25 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Hoplolatilus-cuniculus.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/40344840
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.