Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) is a animal in the Pomacentridae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Chrysiptera cyanea is a small bright blue fish with distinct color differences between males, females, and juveniles.

Family
Genus
Chrysiptera
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

This species of fish reaches a maximum length of 8.5 centimeters. Its body is bright blue in color. Mature males have a yellow snout and yellow tail, while females and juveniles usually do not have yellow coloration, and instead have a black spot at the base of the rear edge of the dorsal fin.

Photo: (c) Shigeru Harazaki, all rights reserved, uploaded by Shigeru Harazaki

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Pomacentridae Chrysiptera

More from Pomacentridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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