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Azure damselfish

Chrysiptera hemicyanea (Weber, 1913)

Status not recordedbony fish

The azure damselfish (Chrysiptera hemicyanea) is a species in the family Pomacentridae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the azure damselfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the azure damselfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the azure damselfish as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Malta

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the azure damselfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the azure damselfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPomacentridae
  6. genusChrysiptera
  7. SpeciesChrysiptera hemicyanea (Weber, 1913)

Synonyms Abudefduf hemicyaneus, Chrysiptera hemicyaneus, Glyphidodontops hemicyaneus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Azure demoiselleEnglish
  • Half blue demoiselleEnglish
  • Yellow-dipped damselEnglish
  • Damisel·la de KupangCatalan
  • Nimmiscal
  • sapínek žlutomodrýCzech
  • Azur-DemoiselleGerman
  • Indoneesia rifinäitsikEstonian
  • GombingMalay
  • Donzela-KupangPortuguese
  • ปลาสลิดส้มThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the azure damselfish

Other species in the same genus Chrysiptera.

Blue devil

Chrysiptera cyanea

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Surge damsel

Chrysiptera brownriggii

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Fiji damsel

Chrysiptera taupou

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Cape damsel

Chrysiptera unimaculata

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Neon damsel

Chrysiptera caeruleolineata

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the azure damselfish an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the azure damselfish as introduced in 1 country: Malta, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the azure damselfish?

The azure damselfish (Chrysiptera hemicyanea) belongs to the family Pomacentridae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Azure damselfish (Chrysiptera hemicyanea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/azure-damselfish

MLA

“Azure damselfish (Chrysiptera hemicyanea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/azure-damselfish.

BibTeX
@misc{azure_damselfish_2026,
  title = {Azure damselfish (Chrysiptera hemicyanea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/azure-damselfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}