Scientific Name: Chrysiptera hemicyanea

Fun Fact: The genus name Chrysiptera, is a compound of the Greek words chrysos, meaning “golden” and pteron meaning “fin” or “wing”, while the species name hemicyanea, means “half blue” referring to the blue head and upper body. Very cool!

Region: This species is native to the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific ocean.

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Information: Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara. “Order CICHLIFORMES: Family POMACENTRIDAE”. The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.

 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). “Chrysiptera hemicyanea“. FishBase. June 2018 version.