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Spotted righteye flounder
Samariscus maculatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Spotted righteye flounder
- Scientific
- Samariscus maculatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2020
Description
A small righteye flounder reaching about 10 cm, recorded from about 250 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Samariscus-maculatus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.