What Kind of Damsel did I buy ?

[Be4Sims]

Cost $9.99 Canadian

Was in Tank with baby Ocellaris Clownfish .

Looks like an Azure Damsel but, Has NO yellow Tail
and has no other colour anywhere on Body.

**Very beautiful deep purple/ blue all over then
it's tail and back fins fade to grayish and then clear**

Very nice man at Pet store
no speaking da engwish to me..

I am praying it is not a DEVIL FISH
Seems very Angelic so far....

(apologize for my fuzzy pictures)

 

[Betta132]

I don't know the exact species, but I've seen these before. They're a bit puffy and can be nippy with tiny fish, but they're one of the more peaceful species.
He looks a bit pale and scared. There's a possibility that he'll develop a yellow tail when he calms down.

 

[pinnatus]

Looks like a Blue Devil to me. Not too mean of a fish considering its name. Here is mine that I have had for many years:

 

[TangingOut]

Hard to tell from the blurry pic, but my guess is either a regular blue damsel(Chrysiptera cyanea) or a blue sapphire(Chrysiptera springeri). Both are some of the more peaceful damels.

 

[Be4Sims]

You know, I now recall the tank had written on it "Springeri"and the price 9.99
and I do remember the nice man pointing to that, just before he caught my fish !
You have been very helpful. I searched and searched for Blue damsels and didn't find it.
When I searched Chrysiptera springeri the exact picture came up of my beautiful new fish !
Thank you so much, Tanging out. : )

 

[o2manyfish]

I don't think it's a Springeri. The Springeri are usually a darker blue with metallic blue freckling on the upper half of the body. I have about 6 of the Springeri.

This is not a Blue Devil (And like Pinnatus I have several in my tank for many many years without any devil issues). The Blue devil gets to be a couple of inches long.

What you have is a smaller type of damsel, similar to the yellow tail. But just solid blue. Should be a well behaved fish, and will probably reach a max size of many 1.5"

Dave B

 

[SoloChromis]

Washed out springeri damsel. They come in 2 patterns, the so called "true" springeri, which is solid blue, and the other, more common variant being grey/black with blue zig zags all over it's body. There's been some dispute as to whether or not they should even be regarded as the same species (I believe a whole Reef Builders post was dedicated to this), but it looks to me like you definitely have one of the 2 springeri damsels, it just looks to be stressed out, or was possibly held in a tank with very low light for a long period of time. This is what they typically look like when they arrive from wholesale. Good luck, one of my favorites :beer:

 

[FishAndAquatics]

Looks like a blue sapphire. It's peaceful

 

[Be4Sims]

Thanks for all your help

It had just arrived in my tank, when I took the pictures and had definitely lost colour.
Now has gained it back.
It hid in the rock overnight, then came out to play in morning and ate a ton.

It looks exactly like the Blue Sapphire in the link here, with the clear back fins and tail.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+28+2073&pcatid=2073

It gets quite dark in colour almost blackish purple, as well as the pretty blue . Is very adept at hiding in the live rock..