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 seen in the aquarium trade due to the rather dull hue of the [...]
Earlier this year I wrote a review for a popular group of damselfishes—the Chrsyiptera hemicyanea complex—that show a complicated pattern of regional speciation. At the time, several of these biogeographical variants remained scientifically undescribed, but a new study by Gerry Allen and [...]