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Flame anthias
Nemanthias ignitus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Flame anthias
- Scientific
- Nemanthias ignitus
- Dhivehi
- Dhon bureki
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 10 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small anthias; males are flame red and yellow with a red dorsal fin, and females are orange-yellow. It forms aggregations on clear outer reef slopes and passes, rising several metres above the bottom to feed on plankton, and retreats into crevices when threatened.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives dhon bureki.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Nemanthias-ignitus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=23766&GenusName=Nemanthias&SpeciesNam
- inaturalist.org /observations/171054467
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Dhon bureki' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.