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Crimsontip longfin
Plesiops coeruleolineatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Crimsontip longfin
- Scientific
- Plesiops coeruleolineatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Plesiopidae (longfins)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 23 m (usually 3 to 23 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A small, dark longfin with two dark stripes behind the eye, orange-tipped dorsal spines and a blue stripe along the dorsal fin base, reaching about 10 cm. It is common but very secretive under rubble and comes out at night.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Plesiops-coeruleolineatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Plesiops_coeruleolineatus_(de_nuit).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.