Biology:Dascyllus marginatus
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Short description: Species of fish
| Dascyllus marginatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Dascyllus |
| Species: | D. marginatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dascyllus marginatus (Rüppell, 1829)
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Dascyllus marginatus, the marginate dascyllus or Red Sea dascyllus, is a damselfish endemic to the Western Indian Ocean.[2] It is a site attached fish that lives in corals, usually Stylophora pistillata and species of Acropora. In these corals it hides at a moment of danger[3] and sleeps at night.[4] It feeds on zooplankton that drifts with the current,[5] and grows to a size of 6 cm in length.[2] Dascyllus marginatus lives in groups of 2-25 individuals,[6] and while foraging for food around their home coral, group members keep separated and stable foraging spaces.[7]
Human Uses
It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.[2]
References
- ↑ Allen, G.R. (2022). "Dascyllus marginatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T188516A1886761.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/188516/1886761. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dascyllus marginatus". https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/11985.
- ↑ Fishelson, L.; Popper, D.; Avidor, A. (1974). "Biosociology and ecology of pomacentrid fishes around the Sinai Peninsula (northern Red Sea)" (in en). Journal of Fish Biology 6 (2): 119–133. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.1974.tb04532.x. ISSN 0022-1112. Bibcode: 1974JFBio...6..119F. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1974.tb04532.x.
- ↑ Goldshmid, Rotem; Holzman, Roi; Weihs, Daniel; Genin, Amatzia (2004). "Aeration of corals by sleep-swimming fish" (in en). Limnology and Oceanography 49 (5): 1832–1839. doi:10.4319/lo.2004.49.5.1832. ISSN 0024-3590. Bibcode: 2004LimOc..49.1832G.
- ↑ Kent, Rafi; Holzman, Roi; Genin, Amatzia (2006-10-05). "Preliminary evidence on group-size dependent feeding success in the damselfish Dascyllus marginatus" (in en). Marine Ecology Progress Series 323: 299–303. doi:10.3354/meps323299. ISSN 0171-8630. Bibcode: 2006MEPS..323..299K. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v323/p299-303/.
- ↑ Fricke, Hans W. (1980-05-01). "Control of different mating systems in a coral reef fish by one environmental factor". Animal Behaviour 28 (2): 561–569. doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(80)80065-0. ISSN 0003-3472. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347280800650.
- ↑ Engel, Anael; Reuben, Yaela; Kolesnikov, Irina; Churilov, Dmitri; Nathan, Ran; Genin, Amatzia (2024-03-07). "Space partitioning within groups of social coral reef fish" (in en). Coral Reefs 43 (3): 497–508. doi:10.1007/s00338-023-02460-x. ISSN 1432-0975. Bibcode: 2024CorRe..43..497E.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Dascyllus marginatus |
- Photos of Dascyllus marginatus on Sealife Collection
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Dascyllus marginatus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q612745 entry
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