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Spiny blaasop
Tylerius spinosissimus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Spiny blaasop
- Scientific
- Tylerius spinosissimus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 12 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 90 to 435 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small, spiny grey pufferfish with dark blotches behind the eye and at the dorsal fin, reaching about 12 cm. It lives on deep bottoms at about 90 to 435 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Tylerius-spinosissimus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Tylerius_spinosissimus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.