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Scarlet seabat
Halieutaea coccinea
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Scarlet seabat
- Scientific
- Halieutaea coccinea
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 16 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A flattened, round-bodied batfish, reddish in colour with a spiny, bumpy skin, reaching about 16 cm. It lives on deep island and continental slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Halieutaea-coccinea.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Halieutaea_coccinea.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.