Springer's demoiselle

Amazing fact

Male Springer's demoiselles guard their eggs and supply them with oxygen.

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Springer's demoiselle in its habitat (illustration)

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Male Springer's demoiselles guard their eggs and supply them with oxygen.

SourceFishBase / Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. — Chrysiptera springeri, Springer's demoiselle

THE REAL WORLD

The real Springer's demoiselle

Scientific name: Chrysiptera springeri
Japanese name: スプリンガーズダムゼル
Group: Ocean animals

Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Chrysiptera

Facts about the real animal.

Where the name “Springer's demoiselle” comes from

The scientific name Chrysiptera comes from Greek words meaning golden and fin or wing.

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A fish that lives in the western Pacific.

鳥羽水族館 — スプリンガーズダムゼル

It is known by its deep blue body.

鳥羽水族館 — スプリンガーズダムゼル

How the Springer's demoiselle lives

This fish is active during the day. It selects plankton to eat. It gathers in groups on coastal reef slopes. Its eggs stick to surfaces on the seabed.

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Basic data

Range: Western Pacific

鳥羽水族館

Where the Springer's demoiselle has been recorded

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesWorld oceans Ocean

Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.

Names around the world

日本語: スプリンガーズダムゼル
简体中文: 斯氏金翅雀鲷
繁體中文: 斯氏金翅雀鯛
Português (Brasil): Donzela-de-Springer

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

鳥羽水族館 — スプリンガーズダムゼルChecked: 2026-11-04
FishBase / Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. — Chrysiptera springeri, Springer's demoiselleChecked: 2026-11-07
FishBase / Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. — Ecology Summary - Chrysiptera springeriChecked: 2026-11-07

We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.

The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.

The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.

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