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White-striped hogfish
Terelabrus rubrovittatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- White-striped hogfish
- Scientific
- Terelabrus rubrovittatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 12 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 50 to 120 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A slender hogfish with a red stripe running from the lips through the eye to the tail and a narrow red stripe along the back, reaching about 12 cm. It lives on deep reefs, about 50 to 120 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Terelabrus-rubrovittatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Terelabrus_rubrovittatus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.