Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Sturgeon grenadier
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Sturgeon grenadier

Mataeocephalus acipenserinus

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

English
Sturgeon grenadier
Scientific
Mataeocephalus acipenserinus
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Deep-water fish
Family
Macrouridae (grenadiers and rattails)
Maximum size
Up to about 22 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Deep open water, recorded from 400 to 1300 m
IUCN status
NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)

Description

A small grenadier with a long, sharply pointed snout tipped by a forked scute, reaching about 22 cm. It lives on deep tropical slopes at roughly 400 to 1,300 m.

Sources

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