Blue Demoiselle, Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
Other Names: Blue Damselfish, Blue Damsel-fish, Blue Devil, Hedley's Damsel-fish, Sky-blue Damsel
A Blue Demoiselle, Chrysiptera cyanea, on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, July 2009. Source: Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
Characterised by having a blue dorsal fin and a dark band across the snout.
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Dianne J. Bray, Chrysiptera cyanea in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/334
Blue Demoiselle, Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
References
Cooper, W.J., L.L. Smith & M.W. Westneat (2009) Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 1-16.
Cooper, W.J. & M.W. Westneat (2009) Form and function of damselfish skulls: rapid and repeated evolution into a limited number of trophic niches. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 24 doi:10.1186: 1471-2148.
Thresher, R.E. & J.T. Moyer (1983) Male success, courtship complexity and patterns of sexual selection in three congeneric species of sexually monochromatic and dichromatic damselfishes (Pisces: Pomacentridae). Animal Behaviour 31: 113-127.
