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Rare wrasse
Macropharyngodon bipartitus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Rare wrasse
- Scientific
- Macropharyngodon bipartitus
- Dhivehi
- Hikaa
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small, very colourful wrasse; females are orange with blue-green spots and males have a green and orange-red pattern. It reaches about 13 cm and buries itself in sand when threatened.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name hikaa.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Macropharyngodon-bipartitus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7801&GenusName=Macropharyngodon&Speci
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Macropharyngodon_bipartitus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Hikaa' (Latin script). FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.