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Hatchetfish (no English common name)
Danaphos asteroscopus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Hatchetfish (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Danaphos asteroscopus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Depth and habitat
- Open ocean, near the surface and in mid-water
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2019
Description
A tiny deep-sea hatchetfish with rows of light organs along the belly. It lives in the open ocean at mid-water depths.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Danaphos-asteroscopus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.