Fusilier damselfish
Lepidozygus tapeinosoma
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Fusilier damselfish
- Scientific
- Lepidozygus tapeinosoma
- Dhivehi
- ބުރެކިBureki
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A slender, streamlined damselfish, greenish to bluish with a forked tail, reaching about 10 cm. It forms aggregations that feed on zooplankton in current on seaward reefs, looking more like a fusilier than a damselfish.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives the general name bureki.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Lepidozygus-tapeinosoma.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5683&GenusName=Lepidozygus&SpeciesNam
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ބުރެކި
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lepidozygus_tapeinosoma_15700694.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase (country: Maldives) agrees: 'Bureki'. Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ބުރެކި' (not in the MRS-derived list). No published Latin-script form found; 'Bureki' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FishBase also lists 'Bureki', 'Maujahibureki' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling. FLAG: single source.