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IllustrationSmallscale slimehead
Hoplostethus melanopus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Smallscale slimehead
- Scientific
- Hoplostethus melanopus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 25 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 400 to 914 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A deep-bodied fish with a large head, brownish grey body and dusky to blackish fins, reaching about 25 cm. It lives close to the bottom on deep slopes, roughly 400 to 900 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Hoplostethus-melanopus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.