Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Evermann's cardinalfish
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Photo: David Starr Jordan / Barton Warren Evermann / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Jordan, David Starr; Evermann, Barton Warren (1905) Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, With a General Account of the Fish Fauna, Bulletin of the United State; Commons file: FMIB 42450 Amia evermanni (Jordan & Snyder); from the type.jpeg

Evermann's cardinalfish

Zapogon evermanni

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Evermann's cardinalfish
Scientific
Zapogon evermanni
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Reef fish
Family
Apogonidae (cardinalfishes)
Maximum size
Up to about 15 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 70 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011

Description

A large reddish cardinalfish reaching about 15 cm, living in deep recesses of caves on outer slopes, where it often swims upside down on the ceiling.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.