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Dascyllus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
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.


Vernacular names
English: Dascyllus Fishes

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