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Coastal trevally
Turrum coeruleopinnatum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Coastal trevally
- Scientific
- Turrum coeruleopinnatum
- Dhivehi
- ވަށްބޯ ހަނދިVabboa handhi
- Group
- Jacks and trevallies
- Maximum size
- Up to about 41 cm (total length); commonly 30 cm (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 40 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 60 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A deep-bodied, silvery trevally, darker above, with many small yellow spots on the sides and a small black blotch on the edge of the gill cover. It lives in small groups over sand near deeper coastal reefs and is rarely found close to shore.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name vabboa handhi (MRS 1997). MRS notes it was the commonest of the deep-bodied trevallies landed at the Malé fish market.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Turrum-coeruleopinnatum.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ވަށްބޯ_ހަނދި
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coastal_trevally_Bali.jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Vabboa handhi' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ވަށްބޯ ހަނދި' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.