Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Inflated whiptail
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Inflated whiptail

Macrouroides inflaticeps

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Inflated whiptail
Scientific
Macrouroides inflaticeps
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Deep-water fish
Family
Trachyrincidae (rattails)
Maximum size
Up to about 48 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Deep open water, recorded from 747 to 4000 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015

Description

A deep-sea rattail with a tiny eye, a swollen head, a strap-like tail and no pelvic fins, reaching about 48 cm. It lives on deep slopes below about 750 m.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.