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Sordid snapper
Paracaesio sordida
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Sordid snapper
- Scientific
- Paracaesio sordida
- Dhivehi
- ނޫ މަސްNoo mas
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 48 cm (total length); commonly 28 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 200 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A blue-grey snapper with a slender fusilier-like body and a forked tail, reaching about 48 cm. It schools over rocky bottoms and reef slopes, feeding on plankton.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives the general name noo mas.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Paracaesio-sordida.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ނޫ_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Blue_Snappers_(Paracaesio_sordida)_(8501008892).jpg
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ނޫ މަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Noo mas' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.