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IllustrationRed-lined hogfish
Terelabrus flavocephalus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Red-lined hogfish
- Scientific
- Terelabrus flavocephalus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 5.2 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A tiny, slender hogfish with a yellow head and a red stripe along the side, reaching about 5 cm. It lives near the bottom on deep reefs.
In the Maldives
Described recently from the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Terelabrus-flavocephalus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.