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Conger eel (no English common name)
Xenomystax trucidans
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Conger eel (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Xenomystax trucidans
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Maximum size
- Up to about 64 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2009
Description
A deep-water conger eel reaching about 64 cm.
In the Maldives
Known only from the Maldives and the Laccadives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Xenomystax-trucidans.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.