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Yellowtail blue snapper
Paracaesio xanthurus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellowtail blue snapper
- Scientific
- Paracaesio xanthurus
- Dhivehi
- ނިގޫދޮންނޫ މަސްNigoodhonnoo mas
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 250 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A blue snapper with a broad yellow band over the rear back and tail, a slender body and a deeply forked tail. It forms schools over rocky bottoms and outer reef slopes, from about 5 to 250 m, feeding mainly on zooplankton.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name nigoodhonnoo mas (MRS 1997).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Paracaesio-xanthurus.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ނިގޫދޮންނޫ_މަސް
- inaturalist.org /observations/124528364
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ނިގޫދޮންނޫ މަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Nigoodhonnoo mas' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.