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Dascyllus aruanus

Linnaeus, 1758

Whitetail dascyllus

Classification
Identification
Biology
Distribution
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Classification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
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)
Classification : Pomacentridae ( Clownfishes and Damselfishes )
 
Name : Demoiselle bagnard
Poisson bagnard
Demoiselle à queue blanche
Name : Whitetail dascyllus
Zebra humbug
Three-stripe damsel
White tailed damselfish
Threestripe damselfish
Banded humbug
Black and white damselfish
Humbug damselfish
Humbug dascyllus
Identification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
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.
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Biology   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
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   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Habitat

Coral
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.
Links   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Websites :
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   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Guide sous-marin de Tahiti
R. Bagnis & E. Christian
Les Editions du Pacifique, 1976-2000
Data sheet written by Christophe Naslain , 4/12/2002

Updates :
Christophe Nalain - 04/12/2002


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