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IllustrationLongnose gurnard
Pterygotrigla macrorhynchus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Longnose gurnard
- Scientific
- Pterygotrigla macrorhynchus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Family
- Triglidae (searobins)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 21 cm (total length); max. published weight 460 g
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 300 to 500 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A deep-water gurnard with a long, wide snout, a bony head and wing-like pectoral fins, reaching about 21 cm. It is rare and lives on bottoms at roughly 300 to 500 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pterygotrigla-macrorhynchus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.