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Bony fish

Blue Chromis

Azurina cyanea

Also known as: Blue Damselfish, Blue Reef Chromis, Puller, Sapphire Devil, Chromis cyanea

Adult
@fishx6 · bonaire Dive site Oil Slick, Caribbean Netherlands · November 20101 / 14
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Overview

Found singly or in schools, either close to coral crevices for shelter, or feeding in the water column, over deep outer 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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found singly or in schools, either close to coral crevices for shelter, or feeding in the water column, over deep outer reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
    5. familyPomacentridae
    6. genusAzurina
    7. speciesAzurina cyanea (Poey, 1860)

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    More in the family

    Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)