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IllustrationBroadband flathead
Onigocia pedimacula
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Broadband flathead
- Scientific
- Onigocia pedimacula
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 11 cm (total length); commonly 7 cm
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 15 to 110 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A small flathead with a dark blotch on the pelvic fin, reaching about 11 cm. It lives on sand and rubble near reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Onigocia-pedimacula.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.