Azure Damselfish

Chrysiptera hemicyanea

Fish
IUCN: Vulnerable

Usual depth4–23 m
Water temperature28–30 °C
Best monthsJuly, September, and October
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Rickard Zerpe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Chrysiptera hemicyanea, known commonly as the azure damselfish, azure demoiselle, half-blue demoiselle, and yellow-dipped damsel, is a species of damselfish.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chrysiptera hemicyanea”, 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: 3 records
February: 1 records
March: 3 records
April: 3 records
May: 5 records
June: 2 records
July: 14 records
August: 3 records
September: 16 records
October: 14 records
November: 8 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–23 m · Deepest record: 135 m

0–10 m: 24 records
10–20 m: 6 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 28–30 °C

28–30 °C: 51 records

Photos

(c) JSutton93, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Gdiggers, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Haplochromis, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Azure Damselfish, Azure Demoiselle, Half Blue Demoiselle, Yellow-dipped Damsel

Other scientific names: Abudefduf hemicyaneus, Chrysiptera hemicyaneus, Glyphidodontops hemicyaneus

Similar species

Twinspot damselfish
Chrysiptera biocellata
Blueribbon Damsel
Chrysiptera brownriggii
Blue Damsel-fish
Chrysiptera cyanea
Grey demoiselle
Chrysiptera glauca
King Damselfish
Chrysiptera rex
Blackcap Damsel
Chrysiptera rollandi

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).
123 open-data records from 1913 to 2021.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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