Sealife guideThe blue chromisAzurina cyanea
Taxonomy
- Common name: Blue chromis, blue damselfish
- French name: Castagnole bleue, chromis bleu, demoiselle bleue des Caraïbes
- Spanish name: Castañeta azul,azulejo,cromis azul
- Scientific name: Azurina cyanea (Poey, 1860)
- Family name: Pomacentridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii

The blue chromis (Azurina cyanea)
Within the same family

Damselfish
(Chromis chromis)

Brown chromis
(Chromis multilineata)

Goldback damselfish
(Pomacentrus nigromanus)

Blue-axil chromis
(Chromis caudalis)

Blue-green chromis
(Chromis viridis)

Lemon damselfish
(Pomacentrus moluccensis)

Golden damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon aureus)

Eastern clown anemonefish
(Amphiprion percula)
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(Hemiramphus brasiliensis)

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(Epinephelus merra)

Yellowfin surgeonfish
(Acanthurus xanthopterus)

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(Myripristis pralinia)

Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)

Lane snapper
(Lutjanus synagris)
The marine species from Caribbean sea

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(Hippocampus reidi)

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(Monacanthus tuckeri)

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(Aplysina fistularis)

Yellowhead jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)
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