Chrysiptera

Chrysiptera
Chrysiptera cyanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Pomacentridae
Subfamily:	Pomacentrinae
Genus:	Chrysiptera Swainson, 1839
Type species
Glyphisodon azureus Cuvier, 1830

Chrysiptera is a genus of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae.

Species

Chrysiptera glauca

Chrysiptera unimaculata

There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Chrysiptera albata G. R. Allen & S. Bailey, 2002
• Chrysiptera arnazae G. R. Allen, Erdmann & P. H. Barber, 2010 (Arnaz's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera biocellata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Twin-spot damselfish)
• Chrysiptera bleekeri (Fowler & Bean, 1928) (Bleeker's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera brownriggii (E. T. Bennett, 1828) (Surge damselfish)
• Chrysiptera burtjonesi Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2017 (Burt's damselfish) ^[2]
• Chrysiptera caeruleolineata (G. R. Allen, 1973) (Blue-line damselfish)
• Chrysiptera caesifrons G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Kurniasih, 2015 (Grey-back damselfish) ^[3]
• Chrysiptera chrysocephala Manica, N. J. Pilcher & S. G. Oakley, 2002
• Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Sapphire damselfish)
• Chrysiptera cymatilis G. R. Allen, 1999 (Malenesian damselfish)
• Chrysiptera ellenae G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2015 (Ellen's damselfish) ^[4]
• Chrysiptera flavipinnis (G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1974) (Yellow-fin damselfish)
• Chrysiptera galba (G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1974) (Canary damselfish)
• Chrysiptera giti G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008 (Giti damselfish)
• Chrysiptera glauca (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Grey damselfish)
• Chrysiptera hemicyanea (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Azure damselfish)
• Chrysiptera maurineae G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2015 (Maurine's damselfish) ^[4]
• Chrysiptera niger (G. R. Allen, 1975) (Black damselfish)
• Chrysiptera notialis (G. R. Allen, 1975) (Southern damselfish)
• Chrysiptera oxycephala (Bleeker, 1877) (Blue-spot damselfish)
• Chrysiptera papuensis G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2015 (Papuan damselfish) ^[4]
• Chrysiptera parasema (Fowler, 1918) (Gold-tail damselfish)
• Chrysiptera pricei G. R. Allen & Adrim, 1992 (Price's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera rapanui (D. W. Greenfield & Hensley, 1970) (Easter damselfish)
• Chrysiptera rex (Snyder, 1909) (King damselfish)
• Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley, 1961) (Rolland's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera sheila J. E. Randall, 1994 (Sheila's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera sinclairi G. R. Allen, 1987 (Sinclair's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera springeri (G. R. Allen & Lubbock, 1976) (Springer's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera starcki (G. R. Allen, 1973) (Starck's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera talboti (G. R. Allen, 1975) (Talbot's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera taupou (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (South-seas damselfish)
• Chrysiptera traceyi (L. P. Woods & L. P. Schultz, 1960) (Tracey's damselfish)
• Chrysiptera unimaculata (G. Cuvier, 1830) (One-spot damselfish)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chrysiptera". FishBase . April 2025 version.
2. Allen GR, Erdmann MV, Dita Cahyani NK (2017). "A new species of damselfish (Chrysiptera:Pomacentridae) from coral reefs of the Solomon Islands". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 28: 10–21.
3. Allen GR, Erdmann MV, Kurniasih EM (2015). "Chrysiptera caesifrons, a new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) from the south-western Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 15: 16–32.
4. Allen GR, Erdmann MV, Dita Cahyani NK (2015). "Review of the Chrysiptera oxycephala complex of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) with descriptions of three new species from the East Indian Archipelago" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 17: 56–84.