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Keeljaw needlefish
Tylosurus melanotus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Keeljaw needlefish
- Scientific
- Tylosurus melanotus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Family
- Belonidae (needlefishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 m (total length); commonly 1.1 m
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 1 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A needlefish with a black keel on the tail base, reaching about 1 m. It lives in surface waters offshore and along coasts.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Tylosurus-melanotus.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/354070134
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.