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IllustrationGurnard (no English common name)
Pterygotrigla hafizi
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Gurnard (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Pterygotrigla hafizi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Family
- Triglidae (searobins)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8.9 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small gurnard reaching about 9 cm, with an armoured head, large wing-like pectoral fins and a black blotch on the first dorsal fin. It lives near the bottom.
In the Maldives
Known only from the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pterygotrigla-hafizi.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.