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Bigeye flounder (no English common name)
Marleyella maldivensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bigeye flounder (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Marleyella maldivensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2020
Description
A small flounder reaching about 10 cm, known only from the Maldives. Very little is recorded about its habits.
In the Maldives
Described from Maldivian specimens and so far known only from the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Marleyella-maldivensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Marleyella_maldivensis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.