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Lateralstripe cardinalfish
Pristiapogon abrogramma
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Lateralstripe cardinalfish
- Scientific
- Pristiapogon abrogramma
- Dhivehi
- އެއްރޮނގު ބޯދިErrongu boadhi
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9.5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 15 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A slender cardinalfish with a dark stripe running along the side from the snout. It is found singly or in loose groups in caves and under ledges on outer reef slopes at about 15 to 40 m.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name errongu boadhi (MRS 1997). FishBase gives its known range as the Maldives in the western Indian Ocean.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pristiapogon-abrogramma.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/އެއްރޮނގު_ބޯދި
- inaturalist.org /observations/170656811
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'އެއްރޮނގު ބޯދި' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Errongu boadhi' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.