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Classification
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| Latin name : |
Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonyms : |
Abudefduf caroli (Curtiss, 1938)
Chaetodon arcuanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Chaetodon aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dascyllus blochii (Castelnau, 1875)
Pomacentrus devisi (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Pomacentrus emamo (Lesson, 1830)
Pomacentrus trifasciatus (De Vis, 1884)
Tetradrachmum arcuatum (Cantor 1850) |
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Pomacentridae ( Clownfishes and Damselfishes ) |
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Demoiselle bagnard
Poisson bagnard
Demoiselle à queue blanche
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Whitetail dascyllus
Zebra humbug
Three-stripe damsel
White tailed damselfish
Threestripe damselfish
Banded humbug
Black and white damselfish
Humbug damselfish
Humbug dascyllus
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Identification
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| Main identification characters |
| Color in life white with 3 black bars; a large brown spot on dorsal part of snout and interorbital; lips dusky or white; caudal fin pale; pelvic fins black; pectorals transparent. Margins of preorbital, suborbital, & preoperculum finely serrated. |
| Possible confusions |
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Biology
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| Feed |
| Feeds on zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, and algae. |
| Cycle of life / Reproduction |
| Males invite females to spawn in their nests; protecting the eggs until they hatch and becoming very aggressive against other fish. Eggs hatch after 3-5 days; pelagic larvae feeds on plankton. |
| Interaction with other species |
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Distribution
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| Habitat |
Coral |
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| Territorial, inhabits shallow lagoon and subtidal reef flats. Forms large aggregations above staghorn Acropora thickets or in smaller groups above isolated coral heads. |
| Geographical distribution |
| Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the central and western Pacific as far north as southern Japan and south to Sydney, Australia; the Line Islands, Marquesas and Tuamotu Is. form the eastern limit of distribution. |
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Links
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http://ibs.uel.ac.uk/fish-bin/fishgen.pl?speccode=5110
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.cfm?ID=5110
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Dascyllus [...]
http://www.uog.edu/marinelab/fish/species_html/dascyllus.aruanus.html
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Bibliography
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Guide sous-marin de Tahiti
R. Bagnis & E. Christian
Les Editions du Pacifique, 1976-2000
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Data sheet written by Christophe Naslain , 4/12/2002
Updates :
Christophe Nalain - 04/12/2002
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