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Striated wrasse
Pseudocheilinus evanidus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Striated wrasse
- Scientific
- Pseudocheilinus evanidus
- Dhivehi
- Hikaa
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 61 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small red to orange-red wrasse with about 25 fine white lines along the body and a pale streak below the eye, reaching about 9 cm. It hides among rubble and branching coral, usually below 20 m.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name hikaa.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pseudocheilinus-evanidus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5616&GenusName=Pseudocheilinus&Specie
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lábrido_(Pseudocheilinus_evanidus),_Nosy_Antanimora,_Madaga
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Hikaa' (Latin script). FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.