Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Pacific beardfish
No photo available
Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands Gilbert, Charles Henry, 1859-1928; Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 url; Commons file: Polymixia berndti.jpg

Pacific beardfish

Polymixia berndti

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

English
Pacific beardfish
Scientific
Polymixia berndti
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Deep-water fish
Family
Polymixiidae (beardfishes)
Maximum size
Up to about 48 cm (standard length)
Depth and habitat
Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 18 to 585 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018

Description

A deep-bodied fish with a pair of long barbels under the chin, dusky greenish above and silvery below, reaching about 48 cm. It lives over sand and mud on slopes, mostly in deep water.

Sources

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