Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Lined conger

Bathycongrus guttulatus

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

English
Lined conger
Scientific
Bathycongrus guttulatus
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Eels
Family
Congridae (conger and garden eels)
Maximum size
Up to about 42 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 270 to 1270 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011

Description

A slender conger eel reaching about 42 cm, living on deep bottoms at roughly 270 to 1,270 m.

Sources

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