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Shortsnout spikefish
Triacanthodes ethiops
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Shortsnout spikefish
- Scientific
- Triacanthodes ethiops
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8.5 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 50 to 458 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, deep-bodied spikefish, reddish and paler below with yellowish and reddish-yellow lines along the body, reaching about 8.5 cm. It lives on bottoms from about 50 to 460 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Triacanthodes-ethiops.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ethiops.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.