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Class: Teleostei
Order: Ovalentaria/misc
Family: Pomacentridae Damselfishes
Subfamily: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Chrysiptera

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Chrysiptera albata Eastern Central Pacific 2.8 SL 2002
Chrysiptera arnazae Arnaz's damselfish Indian and Pacific Oceans 3.9 SL 2010
Chrysiptera biocellata Twinspot damselfish Indo-Pacific 12.5 TL 1825
Chrysiptera bleekeri Bleeker's damsel Western Central Pacific 8 TL 1928
Chrysiptera brownriggii Surge damselfish Indo-Pacific 8 TL 1828
Chrysiptera burtjonesi Burt’s damselfish Western Central Pacific 4.8 SL 2017
Chrysiptera caeruleolineata Blueline demoiselle Indo-West Pacific 6 TL 1973
Chrysiptera caesifrons Greyback damsel Southwest Pacific 4.9 SL 2015
Chrysiptera chrysocephala Western Pacific 4.9 SL 2002
Chrysiptera cyanea Sapphire devil Indo-West Pacific 8.5 TL 1825
Chrysiptera cymatilis Malenesian blue devil Western Central Pacific 3.6 SL 1999
Chrysiptera ellenae Ellen’s damselfish Western Pacific 5.5 SL 2015
Chrysiptera flavipinnis Yellowfin damselfish Western Pacific 8 TL 1974
Chrysiptera galba Canary demoiselle Western Pacific 7 SL 1974
Chrysiptera giti Giti damselfish Western Pacific 3.6 SL 2008
Chrysiptera glauca Grey demoiselle Indo-Pacific 11.5 TL 1830
Chrysiptera hemicyanea Azure demoiselle Indo-West Pacific 7 TL 1913
Chrysiptera maurineae Western Pacific 5.0 SL 2015
Chrysiptera niger Black damselfish Western Pacific 7 TL 1975
Chrysiptera notialis Southern demoiselle Western Pacific 9 TL 1975
Chrysiptera oxycephala Blue-spot demoiselle Western Central Pacific 9 TL 1877
Chrysiptera papuensis Papuan damselfish Western Pacific 4.5 SL 2015
Chrysiptera parasema Goldtail demoiselle Western Pacific 7 TL 1918
Chrysiptera pricei Price's damselfish Western Central Pacific. 5 TL 1992
Chrysiptera rapanui Easter damselfish Southwest Pacific 5.5 SL 1970
Chrysiptera rex King demoiselle Indo-West Pacific 7 TL 1909
Chrysiptera rollandi Rolland's demoiselle Eastern Indian Ocean and 7.5 TL 1961
Chrysiptera sheila Sheila's damselfish Western Indian Ocean 10.3 TL 1994
Chrysiptera sinclairi Sinclair's demoisselle Western Central Pacific 5 SL 1987
Chrysiptera springeri Springer's demoiselle Western Pacific 5.5 TL 1976
Chrysiptera starcki Starck's demoiselle Western Pacific 7 SL 1973
Chrysiptera talboti Talbot's demoiselle Western Pacific 6 TL 1975
Chrysiptera taupou Southseas devil Western Pacific 8.2 FL 1906
Chrysiptera traceyi Tracey's demoiselle Western Pacific 4.5 SL 1960
Chrysiptera unimaculata Onespot demoiselle Indo-West Pacific 10 TL 1830
Chrysiptera uswanasi Uswanas’ damselfish Western Pacific 4.5 SL 2018



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013