Blue Damsel-fish
Chrysiptera cyanea
- Usual depth1–18 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, April, and September
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) James-LaFontaine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Chrysiptera cyanea is a species of damselfish found in the wide Indo-West Pacific but not known in the Red Sea. A few individuals were observed in the Mediterranean Sea in 2013 off Slovenia, a likely aquarium release.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Chrysiptera cyanea”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 26 records
- February: 139 records
- March: 57 records
- April: 139 records
- May: 83 records
- June: 62 records
- July: 83 records
- August: 69 records
- September: 123 records
- October: 89 records
- November: 57 records
- December: 39 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–18 m · Deepest record: 33 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Photos
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) PampaSorro, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Liem Malarney, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Blue Damsel-fish, Blue Damselfish, Blue Demoiselle, Blue Devil, cornflower sargeantmajor, Cornflower sergeant-major, Cornflower sergeantmajor, Hedley's Damsel-fish, Red Tail Australian Damsel, Sapphire Demoiselle, sapphire devil, Sky-blue Damsel
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Blauer Korallenfisch
- Spanish
- Damisela zafiro
- French
- Demoiselle Bleue
- Japanese
- Ruri-suzumedai, Rurisuzumedai, ルリスズメダイ
- Thai
- ปลาแดมเซลฟ้าหางส้ม, ปลาเปลี่ยนสี, ปลาสลิดหินฟ้าหางส้ม
- Simplified Chinese
- 厚殼仔, 藍刻齒雀鯛, 藍魔鬼
Other scientific names: Abudefduf assimilis, Abudefduf cyaneus, Abudefduf sapphirus, Abudefduf turchesius, Abudefduf uniocellatus, Cbrysiptera cyaneus, Chryseptera cyanea, Chrysiptera assimilis, Chrysiptera gaimardi, Chrysiptera punctatoperculare, Glyphidodon assimilis, Glyphidodontops cyaneus, Glyphidontops cyaneus, Glyphisodon azureus, Glyphisodon cyaneus, Glyphisodon gaimardii, Glyphisodon hedleyi, Glyphisodon uniocellatus
Similar species
Twinspot damselfishChrysiptera biocellata
Blueribbon DamselChrysiptera brownriggii
Grey demoiselleChrysiptera glauca
King DamselfishChrysiptera rex
Blackcap DamselChrysiptera rollandi
Talbot's DamselChrysiptera talboti
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 981 open-data records from 1825 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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