Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Slender fusilier
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Photo: Pieter Bleeker / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandais. Tome VII. Percoides I, Priacanthiformes,; Commons file: Gymnocaesio gymnoptera 1876.png

Slender fusilier

Gymnocaesio gymnoptera

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Slender fusilier
Scientific
Gymnocaesio gymnoptera
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Groupers and snappers
Family
Lutjanidae (snappers)
Maximum size
Up to about 18 cm (total length)
Depth and habitat
Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 500 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015

Description

A small, slender fusilier, blue above and pale below, reaching about 18 cm, often mistaken for a juvenile of larger species. It schools in mid-water around coral reefs with other fusiliers.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.