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IllustrationEstuary filefish
Paramonacanthus tricuspis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Estuary filefish
- Scientific
- Paramonacanthus tricuspis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 10 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A small, pale filefish with three wide, indistinct darker stripes, reaching about 10 cm. It lives over muddy and sandy bottoms near algae and rubble.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Paramonacanthus-tricuspis.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.