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False leopard
Macropharyngodon ornatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- False leopard
- Scientific
- Macropharyngodon ornatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small wrasse with green, pearly spots along each scale row, reddish at the front and dark at the rear in females, reaching about 13 cm. It lives over mixed sand, rubble and coral.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Macropharyngodon-ornatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ornate_wrasse_(Macropharyngodon_ornatus)_(42972597274).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.