Springer's Demoiselle

Chrysiptera springeri

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Chrysiptera
Species: Chrysiptera springeri

Springer's demoiselle (Chrysiptera springeri) is a small, electric-blue damselfish with a black line running from its snout through the eye. Its vivid colour makes it stand out among the corals.

It reaches about 5-6 cm and lives among branching corals on sheltered reefs and lagoons, often in small groups. It feeds on plankton just above the coral and darts into the branches when threatened.

Springer's demoiselle is found in the western Pacific, including the Philippines, where it brightens shallow reefs with branching coral.