Blue Yellow Damselfish
The yellowtail damselfish doesn t always have a yellow tail.
Blue yellow damselfish. Very popular in the marine aquarium hobby in india. Blue and yellow damselfish comes from the indo pacific region. The blue yellow damsel is found in the western indian ocean region growing up to 10cm in length.
Mike fishlore admin social media. Males will have a yellow tail and snout whereas juveniles and females don t tend to have the yellow highlights. They too grow to be about three inches long.
It will grow up to 3 inches in length and is bright blue in color. It has a spiny dorsal fin and is laterally compressed. It seems that the small neon blue spots never go away but get smaller and fade as the fish gets older.
The yellowtail damselfish is extremely hardy and gorgeously colored. The most popular variety of damselfish is the blue damselfish chrysiptera cyanea. Blue damselfish have a neon blue body with small areas of yellow at either end.
Updated august 5 2019 author. The chrysiptera hemicyanea has more yellow on its body than the chrysiptera parasema which just has the yellow on its tail. Similar like other damsel fish it is also aggressive in nature.
The yellow coloring may extend up to the back of the anal and dorsal fins especially in species from papua new guinea these fish may also have yellow pelvic or pectoral fins. The azure damselfish has a very unique appearance that consists of a blue top half and a bright. Found at a depth range of 20 m and can grow to a size of 3 5 inches in length.
As young juveniles their tails are without any color at all. Parasema is a small marine fish that reaches 2 8 3 inches in length. When these fish detect a threat they turn black as a way of disguising themselves from predators.
Yellowtail blue damselfish chrysiptera parasema. In fact chrysiptera parasema is considered by many aquarists both beginning and advanced to be the ultimate damselfish. Found in pairs or small schools around coral bases and rubble areas over lagoons and outer reef slopes.
Adult males will turn yellow during courting. This is partly because its jewel blue body is contrasted by an energizing yellow tail. The yellowtail blue damselfish is sometimes confused with the azure damselfish chrysiptera hemicyanea because they do look very similar.
Also known as the caerulean damsel.