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Red pinjalo
Pinjalo lewisi
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Red pinjalo
- Scientific
- Pinjalo lewisi
- Dhivehi
- ކަނޑު ކިރުޅިޔަމަސްKandu kirulhiyamas
- Family
- Lutjanidae (snappers)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 20 to 150 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A deep-bodied red snapper with a small mouth and a forked tail, reaching about 50 cm. It schools over reefs and rocky bottoms from about 20 to 150 m and feeds on invertebrates and small fish.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name kandu kirulhiyamas (MRS 1997).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pinjalo-lewisi.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ކަނޑު_ކިރުޅިޔަމަސް
- inaturalist.org /observations/71827954
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ކަނޑު ކިރުޅިޔަމަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Kandu kirulhiyamas' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.