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IllustrationYellow-dabbled flounder
Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellow-dabbled flounder
- Scientific
- Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Citharidae (citharids)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 14 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 18 to 92 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2020
Description
A small flatfish, yellowish to yellowish brown with dark-spotted fins, reaching about 14 cm. It lives on sand and mud bottoms.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Laiopteryx-novaezeelandiae.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.