Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Tan bristlemouth
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Tan bristlemouth

Cyclothone pallida

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

English
Tan bristlemouth
Scientific
Cyclothone pallida
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Deep-water fish
Family
Gonostomatidae (bristlemouths)
Maximum size
Up to about 4.8 cm (standard length)
Depth and habitat
Deep open water, recorded from 16 to 4663 m (usually 600 to 1800 m)
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2013

Description

A tiny, slender light-to-dark brown bristlemouth with a mouth full of fine teeth, reaching about 5 cm. It lives in the deep open ocean, mostly at 600 to 1,800 m, and does not migrate up at night.

Sources

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