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Banded needlefish
Strongylura leiurus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Banded needlefish
- Scientific
- Strongylura leiurus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Family
- Belonidae (needlefishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 m (total length); commonly 35 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 3 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A slender needlefish, greenish above and silvery below with a black bar on the cheek, reaching about 1 m. It lives near the surface in coastal waters.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Strongylura-leiurus.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/330473813
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.