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Conger eel (no English common name)
Congriscus maldivensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Conger eel (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Congriscus maldivensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Maximum size
- Up to about 35 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 354 to 2000 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small, slender conger eel reaching about 35 cm, living on deep bottoms at roughly 350 to 2,000 m.
In the Maldives
First described from the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Congriscus-maldivensis.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.