Humpback red snapper
Lutjanus gibbus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Humpback red snapper
- Scientific
- Lutjanus gibbus
- Dhivehi
- ގިނި މަސްGini mas
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 57 cm (fork length); commonly 45 cm; max. published weight 2.8 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 150 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A deep-bodied red to greyish snapper with a steep, humped forehead and a forked tail with rounded lobes; the fins are dark, and there is an orange flush on the gill cover and pectoral base. By day it gathers in large, nearly motionless schools on coral slopes. Juveniles live in seagrass and sheltered sandy reefs.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name gini mas (MRS 1997). Large daytime schools are a familiar sight on Maldivian reef slopes and thila.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lutjanus-gibbus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=265&GenusName=Lutjanus&SpeciesName=gi
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ގިނި_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:FMIB_47454_Lutianus_tahitensis_Seale.jpeg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase (country: Maldives) agrees: 'Ginimas'. Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ގިނި މަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Gini mas' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FishBase also lists 'Ginimas' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.