Samoan cardinalfish
Nectamia savayensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Samoan cardinalfish
- Scientific
- Nectamia savayensis
- Dhivehi
- ލޯބޮޑު ބުރެކިLoabodu bureki
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A coppery to silvery cardinalfish with a dark saddle on the upper tail base and a wedge-shaped bar below the eye. It lives on sheltered reef slopes at oceanic islands and is secretive by day, feeding at night on small crustaceans and worms.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives loabodu bureki; MRS-derived Dhivehi Wikipedia also lists this species.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Nectamia-savayensis.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ލޯބޮޑު_ބުރެކި
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Apogónido_(Nectamia_savayensis),_Anilao,_Filipinas,_2023-08
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ލޯބޮޑު ބުރެކި' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Loabodu bureki' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.