Fish of the Maldives

A Guide to Common Reef Fish

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Blennies, Gobies, Grubfish, Hawkfish

Thousand-spot Grubfish

Parapercis millepunctata


Note the white streak in the tail to help differentiate from the Maldivian Grubfish

Blenny

Little Combtooth Blenny

Ecsenius minutus


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Black-tail Grubfish

Parapercis hexophtalma


Length to 25 cm.

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Forster's Hawkfish

Paracirrhites forsteri


Numerous dark spots on the head.

Length to 20 cm.

Ring-eye Hawkfish

Paracirrhites arcatus


Ring-eye Hawkfish can have various-colored

bodies, but theirdistinguishing feature is

an elliptical ring around the eyes


And just because they're

cute hanging out together:

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