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Savalai hairtail
Lepturacanthus savala
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Savalai hairtail
- Scientific
- Lepturacanthus savala
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 m (standard length); commonly 70 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 0 to 100 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A long, ribbon-like hairtail, steely blue with black jaw tips, tapering to a thin tail, reaching about 1 m. It lives in coastal waters and rises at night.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lepturacanthus-savala.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lepturacanthus_savala,_Savalai_hairtail.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.