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Three-spot righteye flounder
Samariscus triocellatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Three-spot righteye flounder
- Scientific
- Samariscus triocellatus
- Dhivehi
- Velimadi
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A small, mottled brown flounder with two or three dark-edged eyespots along the lateral line, reaching about 10 cm. It lies flat in caves, under ledges and even on vertical rock faces.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives the general name velimadi.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Samariscus-triocellatus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=8568&GenusName=Samariscus&SpeciesName
- inaturalist.org /observations/13213125
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Velimadi' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.