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Dascyllus Dascyllus melanurus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Pomacentridae Genus: Dascyllus
Cuvier, 1829Species See text.
Dascyllus is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.
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)
Trivia
Deb, a Black and White Humbug in the film Finding Nemo, is a four-stripe damselfish (Dascyllus melanurus).[1]
References
- ^ "What Kind of Creature Is It? Finding Nemo - Cast of Characters", Cynthia Kirkeby, Class Brain, May 22, 2004
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Dascyllus in FishBase. January 2006 version.
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