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Yellowback anthias
Mirolabrichthys evansi
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellowback anthias
- Scientific
- Mirolabrichthys evansi
- Dhivehi
- Dhon bureki
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 12 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 4 to 40 m (usually 10 to 35 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A small anthias with a bright yellow back and tail and a purple to blue lower body, with a forked tail. It forms large, shimmering schools along the upper parts of drop-offs and outer reef walls, darting up into the water to pick off zooplankton. Like other anthias, it lives in harems in which the largest female can change into a male.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives dhon bureki. One of the most colourful fish swarms on Maldivian outer reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Mirolabrichthys-evansi.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7799&GenusName=Mirolabrichthys&Specie
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Serránido_(Pseudanthias_evansi),_Zanzíbar,_Tanzania,_2024-0
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Dhon bureki' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.