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Severns' wrasse
Pseudojuloides severnsi
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Severns' wrasse
- Scientific
- Pseudojuloides severnsi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9.2 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 12 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2008
Description
A small wrasse with a large blue-edged black patch over the back of the head and front body, an orange line along the dorsal fin and dark tail lobes, reaching about 9 cm. It lives in small harems over rubble.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pseudojuloides-severnsi.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:AosujiOBRyg.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.