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Whalefish (no English common name)
Ditropichthys storeri
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Whalefish (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Ditropichthys storeri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep open water, recorded from 650 to 3400 m (usually 1000 to 2000 m)
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2014
Description
A small, soft-bodied whalefish with a large mouth and tiny eyes, reaching about 13 cm. It lives in the deep open ocean, mostly at 1,000 to 2,000 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Ditropichthys-storeri.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ditropichthys_storeri.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.