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Blacktail snapper
Lutjanus fulvus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blacktail snapper
- Scientific
- Lutjanus fulvus
- Dhivehi
- ދޮން މަސްDhon mas
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 40 cm (total length); commonly 25 cm; max. published weight 8200 g
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 80 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A snapper with a tan to brownish body, faint narrow yellow stripes, yellow lower fins and a dark brown to black tail edged in white. It lives in lagoons and sheltered outer reefs near holes or boulders and feeds at night on fish, shrimps and crabs.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name dhon mas (MRS 1997).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lutjanus-fulvus.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ދޮން_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lutjanus_fulvus.JPG
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ދޮން މަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Dhon mas' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.