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Vanikoro sweeper
Pempheris vanicolensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Vanikoro sweeper
- Scientific
- Pempheris vanicolensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Pempheridae (sweepers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A deep-bodied sweeper with a greenish sheen on the back, a black-edged anal fin and a black dorsal tip, reaching about 20 cm.
In the Maldives
Listed by FishBase only as 'possibly present' in the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pempheris-vanicolensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Vanikoro_sweeper_(Pempheris_vanicolensis)_(32886464167).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.