Biology:Dascyllus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Dascyllus | |
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| Dascyllus trimaculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Chrominae |
| Genus: | Dascyllus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon aruanus | |
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Dascyllus is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. They are usually commensals with corals.[2][1][3]
Species
Currently, 11 recognized species are placed in this genus:
- Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål, 1775) (Indian Ocean humbug) [4]
- Dascyllus albisella T. N. Gill, 1862 (Hawaiian dascyllus)
- Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (whitetail dascyllus)
- Dascyllus auripinnis J. E. Randall & H. A. Randall, 2001[5]
- Dascyllus carneus J. G. Fischer, 1885 (cloudy dascyllus)
- Dascyllus flavicaudus H. A. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1977 (yellowtail dascyllus)[1]
- Dascyllus marginatus (Rüppell, 1829) (marginate dascyllus)
- Dascyllus melanurus Bleeker, 1854 (blacktail humbug)
- Dascyllus reticulatus (J. Richardon, 1846) (reticulate dascyllus)
- Dascyllus strasburgi Klausewitz, 1960 (Strasburg's dascyllus)[6]
- Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) (threespot dascyllus)
Trivia
Deb, a character in the animated film Finding Nemo, is a damselfish of genus Dascyllus.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Randall, H. A.; Allen, Gerald R. (1977). "A revision of the damselfish genus Dascyllus (Pomacentridae) with the description of a new species". Records of the Australian Museum 31 (9): 349–385. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.217. ISSN 0067-1975. http://australianmuseum.net.au/uploads/journals/17515/217_complete.pdf. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Stevenson, R. A. (1963). "Behavior of the Pomacentrid Reef Fish Dascyllus albisella Gill in Relation to the Anemone Marcanthia cookei". Copeia 1963 (4): 612–614. doi:10.2307/1440960.
- ↑ Youtube <<Advance Marine Aquarium>> Creatures section, Damselfish - Author:Sublanding Fish[2020-06-19]
- ↑ Borsa, P.; Sembiring, A.; Fauvelot, C.; Chen, W.-J. (2014). "Resurrection of Indian Ocean humbug damselfish, Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål) from synonymy with its Pacific Ocean sibling, Dascyllus aruanus (L.)". Comptes Rendus Biologies 337 (12): 709–716. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2014.09.001. PMID 25433563. https://hal.ird.fr/ird-01144018/file/DASCYLLUS%20CRBIOL_Manuscript%20pour%20HAL%20e.pdf.
- ↑ Randall, John E.; Randall, Helen A. (2001). "Dascyllus auripinnis , a New Pomacentrid Fish from Atolls of the Central Pacific Ocean". Zoological Studies 40 (1): 61–67. http://www.sinica.edu.tw/zool/zoolstud/40.1/61-67.pdf. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Klausewitz, W. (1960). "Dascyllus strasburgi, ein neuer Fisch aus dem Pazific (Pisces, Perciformes, Pomacentridae)". Journal of Aquatic Biology 2 (15): 45–49.
- ↑ Kirkeby, C. What Kind of Creature Is It? Finding Nemo - Cast of Characters. ClassBrain.com May 22, 2004.
Wikidata ☰ Q658157 entry
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