Dascyllus

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Dascyllus
Dascyllus melanurus
Dascyllus melanurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Dascyllus
Cuvier, 1829
Species

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Dascyllus is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.

[edit] Species

  • Dascyllus albisella (Gill, 1862)
  • Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Dascyllus auropinnis (Randall and Randall, 2001)
  • Dascyllus carneus (Fischer, 1885)
  • Dascyllus flavicaudus (Randall and Allen, 1977)
  • Dascyllus marginatus (Rüppell, 1829)
  • Dascyllus melanurus 'Four-stripe damselfish' (Bleeker, 1854)
  • Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846)
  • Dascyllus strasburgi (Klausewitz, 1960)
  • Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829)

[edit] Trivia

Deb, a Black and White Humbug in the film Finding Nemo, is a four-stripe damselfish (Dascyllus melanurus).[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "What Kind of Creature Is It? Finding Nemo - Cast of Characters", Cynthia Kirkeby, Class Brain, May 22, 2004
  • "Dascyllus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.