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IllustrationSlender bristlemouth
Cyclothone pseudopallida
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Slender bristlemouth
- Scientific
- Cyclothone pseudopallida
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4.6 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep open water, recorded from 0 to 4938 m (usually 300 to 900 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2013
Description
A tiny, slender brownish bristlemouth reaching about 5 cm. It lives in the deep open ocean, mostly at 300 to 900 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cyclothone-pseudopallida.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.