blue damselfish
About "blue damselfish"
📍Kingdom:-Animalia
📍Phylum:- Chordata
📍Class:- Actinopterygii
📍Family:- Pomacentridae
📍Genus:- Chrysiptera
📍Species:- C. cyanea
📍Binomial name:-
Chrysiptera cyanea
👉Chrysiptera cyanea is a species of damselfish native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
👉Common names include blue damselfish, blue demoiselle, blue devil, cornflower sergeant-major, Hedley's damselfish, red tail Australian damsel, sapphire devil, and sky-blue damsel.
👉This fish reaches 8.5 centimeters in length.
👉It is bright blue in color; the male has a yellow snout and tail, and the female and juvenile usually lack yellow but have a black spot at the base of the back edge of the dorsal fin.
👉The fish inhabits reefs and lagoons. Its diet includes algae, tunicates, and copepods.
👉Male and female pair up for breeding, and the male guards and tends the eggs.
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