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Rattail (no English common name)
Gadomus multifilis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Rattail (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Gadomus multifilis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Family
- Bathygadidae (rattails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 36 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep open water, recorded from 786 to 1650 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A deep-sea rattail with a long, tapering body, reaching about 36 cm. Known from deep slope waters, roughly 800 to 1,650 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Gadomus-multifilis.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.