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Blackmouth splitfin
Synagrops japonicus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blackmouth splitfin
- Scientific
- Synagrops japonicus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Family
- Synagropidae (splitfins)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 35 cm (standard length); commonly 30 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 50 to 1000 m (usually 100 to 800 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2013
Description
An elongate, compressed fish with large scales, black above and paler below, and a few large canine teeth on the sides of the lower jaw; it reaches about 35 cm. It lives over deep slopes, usually at 100 to 800 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Synagrops-japonicus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Synagrops_japonicus.png
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.