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Roudi escolar
Promethichthys prometheus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Roudi escolar
- Scientific
- Promethichthys prometheus
- Dhivehi
- ކައްޓެޅިKattelhi
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 m (standard length); commonly 40 cm (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 1 m (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 80 to 800 m (usually 300 to 400 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2012
Description
An elongate, dark brown to coppery snake mackerel with violet reflections, fang-like teeth and a black blotch on the front of the first dorsal fin, reaching about 1 m. It lives over deep slopes and around oceanic islands, mostly at 300 to 400 m, and rises at night.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name kattelhi (MRS 1997). MRS records it from photographs of a specimen caught on a very deep handline off Fuvahmulah in 1987.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Promethichthys-prometheus.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ކައްޓެޅި
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Roudi_escolar_(_Promethichthys_prometheus_).jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Kattelhi' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ކައްޓެޅި' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.