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Azure Demoiselle

Chrysiptera hemicyanea

Also known as: Azure Damsel, Azure Damselfish, Bicolor Damsel, Blue Damselfish, Half-blue Damselfish, Half-blue Demoiselle, Yellow-dipped Damsel, Yellow-tailed Damsel

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2022
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Overview

Found in small schools, sheltering in branches of Acropora corals, over lagoons and fringing reefs.

Damselfish are egg layers.
First they clear a site ready for a nest, then engage in a mating dance with rapid swimming and fin movements, during this time the males will often turn a shade or two darker and may display white blotches. Spawning occurs at dawn.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
LIVES IN

Found in small schools, sheltering in branches of Acropora corals, over lagoons and fringing reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
    5. familyPomacentridae
    6. genusChrysiptera
    7. speciesChrysiptera hemicyanea (Weber, 1913)

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    More in the family

    Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)