Juvenile Chrysiptera burtjonesi. Credit: Allen et al. 2017 This lovely little damselfish, with its sumptuous mix of blue and yellow, is the latest to join the ever expanding Chrysiptera oxycephala group, bringing the total number of recognized species to six. These damselfishes aren’t often [...]
A: C. ellenae, from Raja Ampats B: C. maurineae, from Cenderawasih Bay C: C. oxycephala, from Bali & Palawan Credit: Allen et al 2015 Earlier this year I wrote a review for a popular group of damselfishes—the Chrsyiptera hemicyanea complex—that show a complicated pattern of regional [...]