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IllustrationSmallmouth jellynose
Parateleopus indicus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Smallmouth jellynose
- Scientific
- Parateleopus indicus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 37 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 343 to 740 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A soft, elongate deep-sea fish with a bulbous snout and a long tapering body, reaching about 37 cm. It lives near the bottom on continental and island slopes at roughly 340 to 740 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Parateleopus-indicus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.