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False puffer
Paraluteres prionurus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- False puffer
- Scientific
- Paraluteres prionurus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 11 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A small filefish, whitish with dark saddles and a yellow tail, that closely mimics the toxic saddled pufferfish, gaining protection from predators. It can be told apart by its two dorsal fins and a dorsal spine. It reaches about 11 cm.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Paraluteres-prionurus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Falso_tamborín_(Paraluteres_prionurus),_Anilao,_Filipinas,_
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.