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IllustrationHalosaur (no English common name)
Halosaurus carinicauda
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Halosaur (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Halosaurus carinicauda
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Family
- Halosauridae (halosaurs)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 34 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep open water, recorded from 797 to 1609 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
An eel-shaped deep-sea fish with a chocolate-brown body, black head and silvery gill covers, reaching about 34 cm. It is known from deep water around the Maldives, the Laccadives and the Andaman Sea, at roughly 800 to 1,600 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Halosaurus-carinicauda.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.