Blacktailed Humbug
Dascyllus melanurus Bleeker, 1854
Also calledDamigella a quattro bande (ita) · Damisela de cola negra (spa) · Dascyllus de cua negra (cat) · Demoiselle à queue noire (fra) · Donzela-de-cauda-preta (por) · Gombing (msa) · Schwarzschwanz-Preußenfisch (deu) · Sorthalet jomfrufisk (dan) · Yosujiryukyusuzumedai (jpn) · komorník černoocasý (ces) · Рыба-матросик (rus) · ヨスジリュウキュウスズメダイ (jpn) · 厚殼仔 (zho) · 黑尾圓雀鯛 (zho)
First described in: Bleeker, P. (1854). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Banda-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 6 (no. 1): 89-114.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Central Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Vanuatu, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found among branching corals in sheltered inshore coral reefs and lagoons, 1 – 68 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kavieng, New Ireland by Duncker & Mohr (1929: 67), based on ZMH 11931; record confirmed by Kailola (1975: 169). Specimens photogtraphed in Kavieng area in June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14), and at St. KVGPMT 50 (southeast of New Hanover) by Serge Andréfouët on 24 Aug. 2014. KFRS, NTUM, USNM and ZMH material.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Introduced species vector dispersal
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade)
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212037.