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White-edged lyretail
Variola albimarginata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- White-edged lyretail
- Scientific
- Variola albimarginata
- Dhivehi
- ކަނޑު ރަތްހާKandu raiyhaa
- Maximum size
- Up to about 65 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 4 to 200 m (usually 12 to 90 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A slender grouper with a crescent-shaped lyre tail, reddish with small pinkish to purplish spots and a thin white rear edge to the tail. It hunts fish on seaward reefs, usually below 12 m, and juveniles swim above the bottom looking much like a basslet.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name kandu raiyhaa (MRS 1997).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Variola-albimarginata.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ކަނޑު_ރަތްހާ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:White-edged_Lyretail_(Variola_albimarginata)_(6093445773).j
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ކަނޑު ރަތްހާ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Kandu raiyhaa' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.