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Marbled parrotfish
Leptoscarus vaigiensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Marbled parrotfish
- Scientific
- Leptoscarus vaigiensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 35 cm (total length); max. published weight 6570 g
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small, greenish to olive-brown, mottled parrotfish; males have a white stripe along the side. It reaches about 35 cm and lives in seagrass and algae beds in sheltered lagoons.
In the Maldives
Parrotfish have been protected in the Maldives since 2020.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Leptoscarus-vaigiensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Leptoscarus_vaigiensis_mâles_(avec_la_bande_latérale_blanch
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.