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IllustrationPastel tilefish
Hoplolatilus fronticinctus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Pastel tilefish
- Scientific
- Hoplolatilus fronticinctus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 21 cm (total length); commonly 17 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 40 to 70 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
A rare tilefish, pale olive-grey with a blue belly and a violet band across the snout, reaching about 21 cm. It lives over large rubble mounds that it builds at the base of reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Hoplolatilus-fronticinctus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.