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Fringelip flathead
Sunagocia otaitensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Fringelip flathead
- Scientific
- Sunagocia otaitensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (total length); commonly 19 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A flathead mottled with brown and white and crossed by four or five dark bands, with fringed lips, reaching about 30 cm. It buries itself in sand near reefs and ambushes crabs, prawns and small fish.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Sunagocia-otaitensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sunagocia_otaitensis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.