Sealife guideThe blue chromisAzurina cyanea
Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM
Taxonomy
English names
Blue chromisBlue damselfish
French namesCastagnole bleueChromis bleu demoiselle bleue des Caraïbes
Spanish namesCastañeta azulAzulejoCromis azul
Scientific nameAzurina cyanea (Poey, 1860)
FamilyPomacentridae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii

The blue chromis (Azurina cyanea)
Within the same family

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Princess damselfishPomacentrus vaiuli

Ternate damselfishAmblyglyphidodon ternatensis

Yellowtail damselfishMicrospathodon chrysurus
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