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Tonguefish (no English common name)
Symphurus maldivensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Tonguefish (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Symphurus maldivensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 11 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 256 to 293 m
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2020
Description
A small deep-water tonguefish reaching about 11 cm, living on the bottom at around 250 to 300 m.
In the Maldives
First described from the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Symphurus-maldivensis.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.