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Cardinalfish (no English common name)
Ostorhinchus oxina
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Cardinalfish (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Ostorhinchus oxina
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 7.1 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 10 to 22 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small cardinalfish reaching about 7 cm, recorded near the bottom at about 10 to 20 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Ostorhinchus-oxina.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.