Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Longfingered scorpionfish
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Photo: Barton Warren Evermann / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Evermann, Barton Warren (1907) Fishes of the Philippine Islands, Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 26, 1906, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offic; Commons file: FMIB 39229 Hypomacrus albaiensis Evermann & Seale, new species Type.jpeg

Longfingered scorpionfish

Scorpaenodes albaiensis

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Longfingered scorpionfish
Scientific
Scorpaenodes albaiensis
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Reef fish
Family
Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes)
Maximum size
Up to about 12 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 20 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015

Description

A small scorpionfish with long pectoral rays, reaching about 12 cm. It is rare and very secretive on coastal reefs.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.