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Surge damselfish
Chrysiptera brownriggii
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Surge damselfish
- Scientific
- Chrysiptera brownriggii
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 12 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A small damselfish with several colour forms, from blue-backed to grey or black with pale bars, usually with a blue-edged black spot at the rear of the dorsal fin. It lives in surge channels and on exposed reef flats.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chrysiptera-brownriggii.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chrysiptera_brownriggii_(Bennett,_1828).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.