The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a cyanophore cell. Cyanophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain a blue pigment of unknown chemical composition. The pigment is stored in fibrous organelles termed cyanosomes.
erythrophore differentiation +
iridophore differentiation +
leucophore differentiation +
melanocyte differentiation +
negative regulation of pigment cell differentiation +
pigment cell development
pigment granule maturation +
positive regulation of pigment cell differentiation +