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Blackfin dartfish
Ptereleotris evides
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blackfin dartfish
- Scientific
- Ptereleotris evides
- Dhivehi
- Funna
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 14 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 30 m (usually 2 to 15 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A slender dartfish, light bluish grey at the front shading to black at the rear, with dark tail lobes. Adults hover in pairs a metre or two above the bottom, feeding on plankton, and swim away rather than diving into a burrow when threatened. Juveniles form small groups.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name funna.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Ptereleotris-evides.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=4375&GenusName=Ptereleotris&SpeciesNa
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_dragón_de_aleta_negra_(Ptereleotris_evides),_Nosy_Kalak
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Funna' (Latin script). FishBase also lists 'Fula' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.