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Dusky sweeper
Pempheris adusta
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Dusky sweeper
- Scientific
- Pempheris adusta
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Pempheridae (sweepers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 17 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A deep-bodied, coppery sweeper with a dark band on the anal fin edge and a dark edge to the tail, reaching about 17 cm. It gathers in caves and under overhangs by day and feeds at night.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pempheris-adusta.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ship_wreck_Giannis_D,_duesterer_Beilbauchfisch_(Pempheris_a
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.