Dascyllus strasburgi

Dascyllus strasburgi, Strasburg's dascyllus, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands where they are found among coral and rocky reefs. and feed on zooplankton.[1] The specific name honours Donald W. Strasburg of the University of Hawaii, a fish ecologist and collector of the type specimen.[2]

Dascyllus strasburgi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Dascyllus
Species:
D. strasburgi
Binomial name
Dascyllus strasburgi

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Dascyllus strasburgi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 September 2018.


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