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IllustrationSpeckled maori wrasse
Oxycheilinus arenatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Speckled maori wrasse
- Scientific
- Oxycheilinus arenatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 21 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 11 to 90 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small wrasse with a thin stripe along the side and a dark blotch at the front of the dorsal fin, reaching about 21 cm. It lives alone in caves on steep outer drop-offs below about 25 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Oxycheilinus-arenatus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.