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Chrysiptera
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By Bob Fenner
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Chrysiptera cyanea
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Includes the genera Glyphidodontops and
Paraglyphidodon
Aquarium Species of Chrysiptera of
Interest:
| Chrysiptera biocellata (Quoy & Gaimard
1825), the Twinspot Damsel, Twospot Demoiselle... Indo-west
Pacific, Africa's east coast out to Samoa. To three inches in
length. Offered in the trade from time to time. Can be feisty
toward other tankmates... should be kept with tough fishes only.
Pictured is an adult (2") in the Maldives. |
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| Chrysiptera bleekeri (Fowler & Bean
1928), Bleeker's Damsel. Western Central Pacific; Timor, Flores
(and this report of Lombok), Indonesia and the Philippines.
C. starcki is antiequatorial w/ C. bleekeri.
To about three inches in length. Photos made off of Gili Air Indonesia
and aquarium. |
 
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| Chrysiptera brownriggii (Bennett 1828), a
Surge Demoiselle. Indo-West Pacific; Maldives, Sri Lanka to Cook
Islands. To 7.5 cm. total length. Lives in shallow surgy zones
independently but in association with others of its species,
feeding on algae and small crustaceans. Photo taken of an adult in
Singapore National Aquarium. |
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| Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard
1825), the Blue Devil/Damsel. Likely the most commonly used member
of the Damsel family by the aquarium interest. Western Pacific over
to the bare eastern edge of the Indian Ocean. To two and a
half inches in length. Females with a dark spot/band over their
nose, males have orange yellow on fins. Aquarium specimens shown
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| Chrysiptera galba Allen & Randall 1974,
the Canary Demoiselle. South Central Pacific. To two and a half
inches in length. A beauty that should be imported more frequently.
The first one in an aquarium, the second the Cooks. |
 
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| Chrysiptera hemicyanea (Weber 1913), the
Azure Demoiselle. 7 cm.. Indo-West Pacific; Eastern Indian Ocean,
Indonesia. Aquarium image. |
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| Chrysiptera leucopoma (Weber 1913), the
Azure Demoiselle. 7 cm.. Indo-West Pacific; Eastern Indian Ocean,
Indonesia. Aquarium image. |
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Chrysiptera parasema (Fowler 1918), the
Yellow-Tail Blue Damsel. Contending for first place as "most
used member of the family of Damselfishes". From the western
Pacific. To two and a half inches. Hardy and relatively
easygoing. Here in captivity.
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| Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley 1961),
Rolland's Demoiselle. Indo-Australia Archipelago. To a mere one
and three quarters inch in length. In Pulau Redang, Malaysia, and
N. Sulawesi. |
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| Chrysiptera springeri
(Allen & Lubbock 1976), Springer's Damsel. W. Pacific; P.I. and Indo. To 5.5
cm. One of the blue damsels sold in the trade occasionally. |
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| Chrysiptera starcki (Allen
1973), Starck's Demoiselle. Western Pacific; Noumea to
Queensland to Japan.
C. starcki is antiequatorial w/ C. bleekeri.
To nearly two and a half inches. A beautiful
reef-associated Damsel, best kept one to a tank. Aquarium
photo. |
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| Chrysiptera talboti (Allen 1975),
Talbot's Damsel. Indo-West Pacific. To about two inches maximum
length. A great little Damsel for reef aquariums. Regularly
collected for the ornamental trade in Fiji. Australian, Fiji
and N. Sulawesi images. |
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| Chrysiptera taupou (Jordan & Seale
1906), the Village Belle or South Seas Devil. Southwestern Pacific
Ocean. A great beauty and relatively non-aggressive. A very nice
addition as an individual specimen to reef aquariums; where this
one was photographed. To two and a half inches in length. |
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| Chrysiptera unimaculata (Cuvier 1830), the
One spot Demoiselle. Indo-west Pacific, Red Sea. Highly variable in
markings, color, from east coast of Africa to Fiji. This juvenile
and sub-adult in the Maldives. To three inches overall in length.
Imported as juveniles that turn overall brownish with age. |
 
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
Allen, Gerald R. 1973. Chromis bitaeniatus Fowler
and Bean, the juvenile of Abudefduf behni (Bleeker). TFH
5/73.
Allen, Gerald R. 1975. Damselfishes of the South Seas.
TFH Publications, Neptune City, N.J.
Allen, Gerald R. 1991. Damselfishes of the World.
Aquarium Systems, Mentor, Ohio.
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists,
1978. The Biology of the Damselfishes a symposium held during the 56th
annual meeting of the ASIH. Rosentiel School of Mar. & Atm. Sci. U.
of Miami, 1980, 145-328.
Axelrod, H.R. & Warren E. Burgess. 1981. Damselfishes
and Anemonefishes. TFH 9/81.
Emmens, C.W. 1984. Damselfishes. TFH 9/84.
Fenner, Bob. 1989. Successfully selling the popular
marines. Pets Supplies Marketing 1/89.
Fenner, Bob & Cindi Camp, 1991. Damselfishes,
saltwater bread and butter. FAMA 10/91.
Fenner, Robert. 1998. The Conscientious Marine Aquarist.
Microcosm, VT. 432pp.
Fenner, Robert. 1999. The indomitable damsels- Family
Pomacentridae. TFH 1/99.
Flood, A. Colin. 1992. Thos darling damsels. TFH
8/92.
Gronell, A.M., 1984. Look-alike damsels. TFH 32(8)
48-53.
Thresher, R.E., P.L. Colin & Lori J. Bell. 1989.
Planktonic duration, distribution and population structure of western
and central Pacific damselfishes (Pomacentridae). Copeia 1989(2), pp.
420-434.
