Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Shortdorsal cutthroat eel
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Photo: Bleeker / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago p.334 book; Commons file: Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis.jpg

Shortdorsal cutthroat eel

Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis

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

English
Shortdorsal cutthroat eel
Scientific
Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Deep-water fish
Family
Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels)
Maximum size
Up to about 1.1 m (total length)
Depth and habitat
Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 230 to 3000 m (usually 1000 to 2500 m)
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019

Description

A long, slender deep-sea eel with a short dorsal fin, reaching about 1.1 m. It lives near the bottom on deep slopes, usually at 1,000 to 2,500 m.

Sources

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