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Brassy chub
Kyphosus vaigiensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Brassy chub
- Scientific
- Kyphosus vaigiensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Kyphosidae (sea chubs)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 70 cm (total length); commonly 50 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2014
Description
An oval sea chub, metallic blue-grey above with fine brassy lines and white below, reaching about 70 cm. It gathers in groups over algae-covered rock on exposed reef flats and outer reefs and grazes seaweed.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Kyphosus-vaigiensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Kyphosus_vaigiensis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.