Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Chrominae
Genus: Dascyllus
Species: D. albisella – D. aruanus – D. auripinnis – D. carneus – D. flavicaudus – D. marginatus – D. melanurus – D. reticulatus – D. strasburgi – D. trimaculatus
Name
Dascyllus Cuvier, 1829:179
Type species: Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758. Type by monotypy.
References
Cuvier, G. 1829: Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2. Edition 2. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
Randall, J.E. & H.A. Randall, 2001: Dascyllus auripinnis, a new Pomacentrid fish from atolls of the Central Pacific Ocean. Zoological Studies 40 (1): 61–67. Full article: [1].
Vernacular names
English: Dascyllus Fishes
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
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[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.)" (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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