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Orangetail filefish
Pervagor aspricaudus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Orangetail filefish
- Scientific
- Pervagor aspricaudus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 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 of variable colour with many dark dashes on the head and body and a yellow to orange tail, reaching about 13 cm. It lives alone among coral and rubble.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pervagor-aspricaudus.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/250766551
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.