| Main Ref. | Allen, G.R., M.V. Erdmann and P.H. Barber, 2010 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Description: A species of the pomacentrid genus Chrysiptera with the following combination of characters: dorsal rays XIII, 10 (rarely 9); anal rays II,11 (rarely 10); pectoral rays usually 14 (occasionally 13 or 15) ; gill rakers on first branchial arch 6-8 + 14-17 (usually 7 + 16), total rakers 22-24; tubed lateral line scales 11-15 (usually 12-14); colour in life brilliant blue except abruptly yellow behind vertical line extending from last dorsal spines to about anterior half of anal fin; pelvic fins usually yellow with narrow blue anterior margin (rarely with one-half to two-thirds of fin blue) (Ref. 84037). Body depth 1.9-2.2 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 11 - 15 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 22 - 24 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 8 - 8 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 10 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 12 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 15 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |