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Two-spot banded snapper
Lutjanus biguttatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Two-spot banded snapper
- Scientific
- Lutjanus biguttatus
- Dhivehi
- ބޮޑު ރީނދޫ މަސްBodu reendhoo mas
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 25 cm (total length); commonly 15 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 36 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A small, slender snapper with a dark brown back, a broad white stripe along the side and a yellowish belly, marked with two white spots on the back below the dorsal fin. It lives on coral reefs and outer slopes, sometimes in schools of a hundred or more.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name bodu reendhoo mas (MRS 1997).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lutjanus-biguttatus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=1410&GenusName=Lutjanus&SpeciesName=b
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ބޮޑު_ރީނދޫ_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Twospot_snapper_(Lutjanus_biguttatus)_(46863118611).jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Bodu reendhoo mas' (Latin script). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ބޮޑު ރީނދޫ މަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.