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Breeder ID: CHRCYA-011497-HIGJOE-003

Date received: 1/14/97

Identification: Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)

Geographic origin: Indo-pacific

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Taxonomy: (after I.C.Z.N.)

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata

Class Osteichthyes

Order Perciformes Superorder Teleostei

Family Pomacentridae

Genus Chrysiptera

Species cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)

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Description: Blue body, darker stripe extending from tip of premaxilla through eye; secondary stripes above first may be present on male, although much fainter. Posterior caudal margin in male is orange, pigmentation lacking in females. Male typically larger. Up to 80 mm. 

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Duration male(yr): 4.0

Size male (mm): 50

Duration female (yr): 4.0

Size female (mm): 62

Broodstock notes: Spawns in community tank

Physical differences: Female is larger with fins trimmed in blue. Males fins lack pigmentation.

Adult diet: Artemia and spirulina flakes, three 93) times per day

Pre-spawning activity: Unknown, always spawn after lights are out.

Time spawning began: evening

Area spawning occurred: Under a rock

Frequency of spawning: weekly

Egg description: Circular egg mass. ~ 25 mm diameter

Approximate quantity: not indicated

Size: ~1 mm

Egg changes / development: Eye pigmentation visible after day 3

Incubation period: 4 days

Time hatching occurred: after lights are out

Size of hatching larvae:~ 2mm

Yolk sac present? No

Newly hatched appearance: Attracted to light. Mouth and eyes developed. Swim very well.

Transfer / removal method: not indicated

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Spawning tank size (liter): 200

Sides of tank covered? Yes, back is blue

Lighting & photoperiod: 2- 40 watt Daylight® fluorescent and 2 – 40 watt actinic fluorescent (13 hours)

Filtration: Wet/dry

Additives and dosages: MacroAlgae-Gro®,Instant Ocean ® ASW changed 5% monthly.

Water temperature (F): 75 – 83

Specific gravity: 1.022

pH: 8.3

Nitrate: none detected

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Fry development / changes: Larvae swim with erratic, jerking moition

First food offered: rotifers and trochophores with greenwater, fed twice daily

Survival: 3 days

Development description: Unable to get fry to accept any foods. Have tried repeatedly for 8 months  

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Rearing tank size (liter): 4 – 37

Sides of tank covered? Yes, black

Lighting & photoperiod: not indicated

Filtration: none

Additives and dosages: Instant Ocean ® ASW 

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Comments: Originally described as Glyphisodon cyaneus, by Quoy & Gaimard, in 1825, Voyage Uranie, Zool: 392, Pl. 64 (fig. 3), from a specimen(s) collected at Timor. Valid as Chrysiptera cyanea by Allen

Word origin: The genus Chrysiptera is from the Greek roots chrys, -o, =us, meaning gold; and pter, -o, =um, meaning a wing, a feather or a fin. The species is from the Greek word cyan, –e, -i, -i, meaning blue .Thus Gold fin and blue which aptly describes the fish.

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