Dascyllus

Dascyllus is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. They are usually commensals with corals.[2][1]

Dascyllus
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	Pomacentridae
Subfamily:	Chrominae
Genus:	Dascyllus G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Synonyms
Pirene Gistel, 1848 Tetradrachmum Cantor, 1850 Pellochromis Fowler and Bean, 1928 Semadascyllus Fowler, 1941

Species

Currently, 11 recognized species are placed in this genus:

• Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål, 1775) (Indian Ocean humbug) [3]
• Dascyllus albisella T. N. Gill, 1862 (Hawaiian dascyllus)
• Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (whitetail dascyllus)
• Dascyllus auripinnis J. E. Randall & H. A. Randall, 2001[4]
• 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)[5]
• Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) (threespot dascyllus)

Trivia

Deb, a character in the animated film Finding Nemo, is a damselfish of genus Dascyllus.[6]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Klausewitz, W. (1960). "Dascyllus strasburgi, ein neuer Fisch aus dem Pazific (Pisces, Perciformes, Pomacentridae)". Journal of Aquatic Biology. 2 (15): 45–49.
6. Kirkeby, C. What Kind of Creature Is It? Finding Nemo - Cast of Characters. ClassBrain.com May 22, 2004.