| Dascyllus | |
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| Dascyllus trimaculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Chrominae |
| Genus: | Dascyllus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
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| Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Dascyllus is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. They are usually commensals with corals.
Species
Currently, 11 recognized species are placed in this genus:
- Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål, 1775) (Indian Ocean humbug)
- Dascyllus albisella T. N. Gill, 1862 (Hawaiian dascyllus)
- Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (whitetail dascyllus)
- Dascyllus auripinnis J. E. Randall & H. A. Randall, 2001
- Dascyllus carneus J. G. Fischer, 1885 (cloudy dascyllus)
- Dascyllus flavicaudus H. A. Randall & G. R. Allen, 1977 (yellowtail dascyllus)
- 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)
- Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) (threespot dascyllus)
Trivia
Deb, a character in the animated film Finding Nemo, is a damselfish of genus Dascyllus.
References
- ^ Randall, H. A.; Allen, Gerald R. (1977). "A revision of the damselfish genus Dascyllus (Pomacentridae) with the description of a new species" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 31 (9): 349–385. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.217. ISSN 0067-1975. 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. JSTOR 1440960.
- Youtube <<Advance Marine Aquarium>> Creatures section, Damselfish - Author:Sublanding Fish
- 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.)" (PDF). Comptes Rendus Biologies. 337 (12): 709–716. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2014.09.001. PMID 25433563.
- Randall, John E.; Randall, Helen A. (2001). "Dascyllus auripinnis , a New Pomacentrid Fish from Atolls of the Central Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 40 (1): 61–67. 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. Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine ClassBrain.com May 22, 2004.
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