The Vogelkop Blue-eye is a rainbowfish native to streams of western Indonesian Papua. The Dutch name "vogelkop", meaning
bird's head, does not apply directly to the fish, but to the Bird's Head Peninsula (after its shape) of West Papua. The fish grows to some 3 cm long
and, as its name indicates, has bright pale blue eyerings.
The courting male is more brightly coloured than the female.