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Bengal snapper
Lutjanus bengalensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bengal snapper
- Scientific
- Lutjanus bengalensis
- Dhivehi
- ރީނދޫ މަސްReendhoo mas
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (total length); commonly 20 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 10 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A small yellow snapper with four blue stripes along the side, edged in dark lines, and a white belly. It forms small groups around coral heads and rocky outcrops by day and feeds on fish and crustaceans. It looks very like the common bluestripe snapper but has a white rather than yellow belly.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name reendhoo mas (MRS 1997).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lutjanus-bengalensis.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ރީނދޫ_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:BengaruHD.jpg
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ރީނދޫ މަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Reendhoo mas' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.