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Bicolor anthias
Nemanthias bicolor
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bicolor anthias
- Scientific
- Nemanthias bicolor
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 68 m (usually 5 to 50 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
An anthias with an orange-yellow upper body, a pinkish-lilac lower body and, in males, two yellow-tipped filaments at the front of the dorsal fin; it reaches about 13 cm. It lives in small groups above coral outcrops on current-prone outer slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Nemanthias-bicolor.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:HutairoHGmaido.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.