---
title: "Blue Chromis"
description: "Azurina cyanea — Pesci. Azurina cyanea (blue chromis) is a damselfish in the subfamily Pomacentrinae, found in Bermuda, southern Florida and the Caribbean Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-chromis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue Chromis

> Azurina cyanea — Pesci. Azurina cyanea (blue chromis) is a damselfish in the subfamily Pomacentrinae, found in Bermuda, southern Florida and the Caribbean Sea.

- Scientific name: *Azurina cyanea*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici)
- iNaturalist observations: 1989
- Wikidata: [Q116178258](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116178258)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1315935](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1315935)

## Names

- en: Blue Chromis
- de: Blauer Demoisellefisch
- es: Castañeta azul
- fr: Chromis bleu

## Countries with the most observations

MX (262), HN (216), BZ (143), BS (130), KY (119), US (65), CU (56), CW (53), VI (51), TC (46), MQ (41), GP (38)

## Summary

Azurina cyanea (blue chromis) is a damselfish in the subfamily Pomacentrinae, found in Bermuda, southern Florida and the Caribbean Sea.
It is collected for the aquarium trade.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azurina_cyanea

## Photo

![Blue Chromis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-chromis/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78467300

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-chromis?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).