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Ostracoberycid (no English common name)
Ostracoberyx dorygenys
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ostracoberycid (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Ostracoberyx dorygenys
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 23 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 256 to 711 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A small, deep-bodied fish with a long spine on the gill cover, reaching about 23 cm. It lives near the bottom on deep slopes at roughly 250 to 700 m and is rarely caught.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Ostracoberyx-dorygenys.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.