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Rosy dory
Cyttopsis rosea
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Rosy dory
- Scientific
- Cyttopsis rosea
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 31 cm (total length); commonly 25 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Deep open water, recorded from 150 to 730 m (usually 330 to 690 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2014
Description
A compact, deep-bodied dory, rosy pink and silver, with a large protrusible mouth and reddish pelvic fins with black membranes; it reaches about 31 cm. It schools over deep slopes, mostly at 330 to 690 m, feeding on fish and shrimps.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Cyttopsis-rosea.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cyttopsis_rosea.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.