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Luminous cardinalfish
Rhabdamia gracilis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Luminous cardinalfish
- Scientific
- Rhabdamia gracilis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 7.4 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 91 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
A small, slender, translucent cardinalfish with a bluish stripe along the middle of the body and dark tips to the tail lobes, reaching about 7 cm. It forms large schools over lagoon reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Rhabdamia-gracilis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Rhabdamia_gracilis_296002084.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.