Whitetail Dascyllus
Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also called'atoti (tah) · Damigella fasciata orientale (ita) · Damigella juventina orientale (ita) · Damisela de tres Bandas (spa) · Dascyllus ratllat del Pacífic (cat) · Demoiselle à queue blanche (fra) · Demoiselle à trois bandes noires (fra) · Donzela-de-cauda-branca (por) · Dreibinden-Preußenfisch (deu) · Markiezinnetje (nld) · Misujiryukyusuzumedai (jpn) · Trestribet jomfrufisk (dan) · komorník běloocasý (ces) · Зебровидный дасцилл (rus)
First described in: Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Wake, Marquesas and Gambier islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island and Rapa. Found in shallow lagoon and subtidal reef flats, forming large aggregations above staghorn Acropora thickets or smaller groups above isolated coral heads, 0 – 20 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 New Ireland by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1830 a: 454), based on MNHN material. Record from Nusa Island, Kavieng District based on USNM 275754 (11). Specimens photographed at St. KVGPMT 50 (southeast of New Hanover) by Serge Andréfouët on 24 Aug. 2014.
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 5212047.