List of fish on stamps of the Maldives

This is a list of fish on stamps of the Maldives

Maldives

The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...

Year	Date	Species	Species author	Value	Stamps catalogues				Taxonomy
Year	Date	Species	Species author	Value	Scott	Yvert	Mitchell	Sta. & Gib.	Order	Family
2002	(24.12)	Pseudanthias ignitus	(Randall and Lubbock,1981)	10L	0	0	0	0	Perciformes Perciformes The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...	Serranidae Serranidae Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species of serranids in 64 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers...
		Chaetodon unimaculatus	Bloch, 1787	15L	0	0	0	0	Perciformes Perciformes The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...	Chaetodontidae
		Dascyllus aruanus	(Linnaeus, 1758)	20L	0	0	0	0	Perciformes Perciformes The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...	Pomacentridae Pomacentridae Pomacentridae are a family of perciform fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. They are primarily marine, while a few species inhabit freshwater and brackish environments . They are noted for their hardy constitutions and territoriality...
		Acanthurus lineatus Acanthurus lineatus Acanthurus lineatus also known as a Striped Surgeon is a Tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 38 cm in length. Like all tangs it is laterally compressed. It is light colored on the underside with blue and yellow stripes on...	(Linnaeus, 1758)	50L	0	0	0	0	Perciformes Perciformes The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...	Acanthuridae Acanthuridae Acanthuridae is the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 80 species in six genera, all of which are marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs...
		Anampses twistii	Bleeker, 1856	Rf2.50	0	0	0	0	Perciformes Perciformes The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...	Labridae
		Oxymonacanthus longirostis	(Bloch and Schneider, 1801)	Rf4.00	0	0	0	0	Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontiformes The Tetraodontiformes are an order of highly derived ray-finned fish, also called the Plectognathi. Sometimes these are classified as a suborder of the Perciformes...	Monacanthidae
		Naso lituratus Naso lituratus Naso lituratus or the Orangespine unicornfish or Naso tang is a tang from the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 46 cm in length....	(Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801)	Rf5.00	0	0	0	0	Perciformes Perciformes The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...	Acanthuridae Acanthuridae Acanthuridae is the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 80 species in six genera, all of which are marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs...
		Pomacanthus imperator	(Bloch, 1787)	Rf10.00	0	0	0	0	Perciformes Perciformes The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...	Pomacanthidae
		Priacanthus hamrur	(Forsskål, 1775)	Rf12.00	0	0	0	0	Perciformes Perciformes The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...	Priacanthidae Priacanthidae Priacanthidae is a family of fish, common name bigeye, comprising 18 species of marine fishes. "Catalufa" is an alternate common name for some members of the priacanthidae family. The etymology of the scientific name refers to the family's very rough, spined scales...

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