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Fish

68 species
Sabre Squirrelfish
LC
Sabre Squirrelfish කඩු ලේන් මාළුවා வாள் அணில் மீன் Sargocentron spiniferum
Saddled Shrimpgoby
LC
Saddled Shrimpgoby Cryptocentrus leucostictus
Sailfin Flyingfish
Sailfin Flyingfish පියාඹන මාළුවා பறவை மீன் Parexocoetus brachypterus
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CR
Schistura scripta Schistura scripta
Scissor-Tailed Fusilier
LC
Scissor-Tailed Fusilier Caesio caerulaurea
Scissortail Sergeant
LC
Scissortail Sergeant කතුරු වලිග කොරල් මාළුවා Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Scrawled Filefish
LC
Scrawled Filefish Aluterus scriptus
Semicircle Angelfish
LC
Semicircle Angelfish අර්ධ වෘත්තාකාර දේවදූත මාළුවා அரைவட்ட தேவதை மீன் Pomacanthus semicirculatus
Sharksucker
LC
Sharksucker මෝර උරන මාළුවා உருவுமீன் Echeneis naucrates
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LC
Sharptooth Snapper Pristipomoides typus
Shorthead Sabretooth Blenny
LC
Shorthead Sabretooth Blenny Petroscirtes breviceps
Shortnose Boxfish
LC
Shortnose Boxfish කෙටි නාස පෙට්ටි මාළුවා குட்டை மூக்கு பெட்டி மீன் Ostracion nasus
Shortnose Tripodfish
LC
Shortnose Tripodfish Triacanthus biaculeatus
Sicyopterus griseus
LC
Sicyopterus griseus Sicyopterus griseus
Silver Carp
NT
Silver Carp රිදී කාප් මාළුවා வெள்ளிக்கெண்டை மீன் Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Silver Moony
LC
Silver Moony රිදී සඳ මාළුවා Monodactylus argenteus
Silver Puffer
LC
Silver Puffer රිදී පෆර් வெள்ளி ஊதுமீன் Lagocephalus sceleratus
Similar Damsel
LC
Similar Damsel Pomacentrus similis
Sixband Parrotfish
LC
Sixband Parrotfish පටි හයේ ගිරා මාළුවා ஆறு பட்டை கிளி மீன் Scarus frenatus
Sixbar Wrasse
LC
Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke
Sixspot Glidergoby
LC
Sixspot Glidergoby Valenciennea sexguttata
Sleepy Goby
LC
Sleepy Goby Psammogobius biocellatus
Smallspotted Dart
LC
Smallspotted Dart Trachinotus baillonii
Smalltooth Emperor
LC
Smalltooth Emperor Lethrinus microdon
Smith’s Fangblenny
LC
Smith’s Fangblenny Meiacanthus smithi
Snakehead Gudgeon
LC
Snakehead Gudgeon Ophiocara porocephalum
Snakeskin Gourami
LC
Snakeskin Gourami සර්ප සම් ගුරාමි பாம்புத்தோல் கௌராமி Trichopodus pectoralis
Snowflake Moray
LC
Snowflake Moray பனித்துகள் விலாங்கு Echidna nebulosa
Snubnose Dart
LC
Snubnose Dart Trachinotus blochii
South Indian Flying Barb
LC
South Indian Flying Barb දකුණු ඉන්දියානු පියාසර පෙතියා Esomus thermoicos
Southern Platyfish
DD
Southern Platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus
Spangled Emperor
LC
Spangled Emperor Lethrinus nebulosus
Speckled Butterflyfish
LC
Speckled Butterflyfish ලප සමනළ මාළුවා புள்ளி பட்டாம்பூச்சி மீன் Chaetodon citrinellus
Speckled Goby
LC
Speckled Goby Redigobius bikolanus
Speckled Snapper
LC
Speckled Snapper Lutjanus rivulatus
Spiketail Gourami
LC
Spiketail Gourami උල්වලිග ගුරාමි මාළුවා முள்வால் குராமி Pseudosphromenus cupanus
Spinycheek Grunter
Spinycheek Grunter කටු කම්මුල් ගොරවන මාළුවා Terapon puta
Spotback Loach
NT
Spotback Loach Schistura notostigma
Spotfin Lionfish
LC
Spotfin Lionfish ලප වරල් සිංහ මාළුවා புள்ளித் துடுப்பு சிங்கமீன் Pteropterus antennatus
Spotfin Squirrelfish
LC
Spotfin Squirrelfish පුල්ලි වරල් ලේන් මාළුවා புள்ளித் துடுப்பு அணில் மீன் Neoniphon sammara
Spottail Needlefish
Spottail Needlefish ලප වලිග ඉඳිකටු මාළුවා புள்ளிவால் ஊசிமீன் Strongylura strongylura
Spotted Boxfish
LC
Spotted Boxfish පුල්ලි පෙට්ටි මාළුවා புள்ளிப் பெட்டி மீன் Ostracion meleagris
Spotted Gourami
ENEndemic
Spotted Gourami මල් පුලුට්ටා புள்ளி கௌராமி Malpulutta kretseri
Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish
LC
Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish Canthidermis maculata
Spotted Porcupinefish
LC
Spotted Porcupinefish ලප සහිත ඉත්තෑ මාළුවා புள்ளி முள்ளம்பன்றி மீன் Diodon hystrix
Spotted Ricefish
LC
Spotted Ricefish ලප සහිත වී මාළුවා புள்ளி நெல் மீன் Oryzias carnaticus
Spotted Scat
LC
Spotted Scat புள்ளி இலத்தி Scatophagus argus
Spotted Sicklefish
LC
Spotted Sicklefish තිත් සහිත දෑකැති මාළුවා Drepane punctata