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Long-rayed sand-diver
Trichonotus elegans
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Long-rayed sand-diver
- Scientific
- Trichonotus elegans
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 18 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A slender sand-diver; males have very long filaments on the front of the dorsal fin which they raise in display. It reaches about 18 cm and hovers in groups above sand slopes in current, diving into the sand when alarmed.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Trichonotus-elegans.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:TrichonotusElegansRLS.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.