Scuba Journal Magazine

Marine Life / Reef fish

Rolland's Demoiselle

Chrysiptera rollandi

Rolland's Demoiselle
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Ovalentaria incertae sedis
Family
Pomacentridae
Genus
Chrysiptera
Species
Chrysiptera rollandi

Rolland's demoiselle (Chrysiptera rollandi) is a small damselfish with a dark blue-grey front half and a pale rear.

It feeds on plankton and algae and stays close to the bottom among rubble and coral.

In the Philippines it is found on sheltered reefs and slopes.