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Batfish (no English common name)
Halicmetus ruber
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Batfish (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Halicmetus ruber
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 344 to 549 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A small, flattened deep-sea batfish with a rounded disc-shaped body armoured with knobbly scales, reaching about 9 cm. It walks over the bottom on its fins at roughly 340 to 550 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Halicmetus-ruber.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:FMIB_41243_Halicmetus_ruber_Alcock_From_station_5123_Dorsal
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.