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IllustrationSmallhead hairtail
Eupleurogrammus muticus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Smallhead hairtail
- Scientific
- Eupleurogrammus muticus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 87 cm (total length); commonly 50 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 0 to 80 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A long, ribbon-like hairtail, steely blue with a metallic sheen, reaching about 87 cm. It lives in coastal waters and estuaries and hunts small fish and squid at night.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Eupleurogrammus-muticus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.