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Floral blenny
Petroscirtes mitratus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Floral blenny
- Scientific
- Petroscirtes mitratus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8.5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 8 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small blenny with five or six indistinct dark bands and dark-edged eyespots, reaching about 8.5 cm. It lives in shallow lagoons with algae and seagrass; juveniles drift with floating sargassum.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Petroscirtes-mitratus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Petroscirtes_mitratus_Réunion.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.