Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Large-toothed conger
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Photo: Bideault / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Éxpeditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 Léon Vaillant 1834-1914; Commons file: Bathyuroconger vicinus1.jpg

Large-toothed conger

Bathyuroconger vicinus

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

English
Large-toothed conger
Scientific
Bathyuroconger vicinus
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Eels
Family
Congridae (conger and garden eels)
Maximum size
Up to about 88 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 50 to 1318 m (usually 900 to 1000 m)
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009

Description

A long, dark brownish-black conger eel with black fins, reaching about 88 cm. It lives over sand in deep water, mostly near 900 to 1,000 m.

Sources

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