Blue Demoiselle (species: Chrysiptera cyanea) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Chrysiptera cyanea
Blue Demoiselle


©Anne Hoggett: A female (left) and a male Chrysiptera cyanea at Bommie Bay, Lizard Island.

©Andy Lewis: Male Blue Demoiselle at Lizard Island

©Andy Lewis: Female ��Blue Demoiselle at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Pomacentridae
Genus Chrysiptera
Species Chrysiptera cyanea

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

              

Distinguishing features

Blue dorsal fin, dark band in front of eye

Size

  • Up to 8 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Burger, M.A.A. and R.D. Adlard (2010). Four new species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from Australia with recommendations for species descriptions in the Kudoidae, Parasitology, 137: 793-814. LIRS catalog number 1318.
  • Burger, M.A.A. and R.D. Adlard (2011). Low host specificity in the Kudoidae (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) including seventeen new host records for Kudoa thalassomi. Folia Parasitologica, 58: 1-16. LIRS catalog number 1389.
  • Cooper, W.J., L.L. Smith and 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. LIRS catalog number 1221.
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