Sapphire Damsel

Chrysiptera cyanea

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ovalentaria incertae sedis
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Chrysiptera
Species: Chrysiptera cyanea

The sapphire damsel (Chrysiptera cyanea) is a small, electric-blue damselfish. Males often have an orange tail, while females have a dark spot at the back of the dorsal fin.

It feeds on algae and plankton and is territorial around its patch of reef.

In the Philippines it is common in shallow lagoons and reef flats among rubble and coral.