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)
The blue chromis (Azurina cyanea)
Within the same family
Damselfish (Chromis chromis)
Damselfish
(Chromis chromis)
Brown chromis (Chromis multilineata)
Brown chromis
(Chromis multilineata)
Goldback damselfish (Pomacentrus nigromanus)
Goldback damselfish
(Pomacentrus nigromanus)
Blue-axil chromis (Chromis caudalis)
Blue-axil chromis
(Chromis caudalis)
Blue-green chromis (Chromis viridis)
Blue-green chromis
(Chromis viridis)
Lemon damselfish (Pomacentrus moluccensis)
Lemon damselfish
(Pomacentrus moluccensis)
Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus)
Golden damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon aureus)
Eastern clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula)
Eastern clown anemonefish
(Amphiprion percula)
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Neon goby (Elacatinus oceanops)
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Honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra)
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Yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus)
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(Sphoeroides testudineus)
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(Cyphoma gibbosum)
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