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Bluelined wrasse
Stethojulis albovittata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bluelined wrasse
- Scientific
- Stethojulis albovittata
- Dhivehi
- Hikaa
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 14 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small wrasse; males are blue-green with thin blue lines from head to tail and an orange-red band on the side, and females are greyish with two white lines. It reaches about 14 cm and lives on reef flats and clear lagoons.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name hikaa.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Stethojulis-albovittata.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=8025&GenusName=Stethojulis&SpeciesNam
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Stethojulis_albovittata_femelle.JPG
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Hikaa' (Latin script). FishBase also lists 'Hikkae' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.