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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📷:- https://www.oltrenaturaroma.it/prodotto/chrysiptera-cyanea/

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