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Shortfin flyingfish
Prognichthys brevipinnis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Shortfin flyingfish
- Scientific
- Prognichthys brevipinnis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 19 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs and the atoll shelf, recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small flyingfish with relatively short pectoral fins, reaching about 19 cm, living in coastal surface waters.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Prognichthys-brevipinnis.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.