Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Olive wide-eyed flounder
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Olive wide-eyed flounder

Engyprosopon maldivense

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

English
Olive wide-eyed flounder
Scientific
Engyprosopon maldivense
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Reef fish
Family
Bothidae (lefteye flounders)
Maximum size
Up to about 13 cm (standard length)
Depth and habitat
On or near the bottom, recorded from 30 to 215 m (usually 30 to 75 m)
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015

Description

A small olive flounder with widely spaced eyes and a long filament on the upper pectoral fin, reaching about 13 cm. It lives on sand and mud at about 30 to 75 m.

In the Maldives

First described from the Maldives.

Sources

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