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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ovalentaria
Family:
Pomacentridae
Subfamily:
Chrominae
Genus:
Dascyllus
Species:
aruanus
Common:
Whitetail dascyllus
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
Parmentier, E., Lecchini, D., Frederich, B., Brie, C., Mann, D. 2009. Sound Production in Four Damselfish (Dascyllus) Species: Phyletic Relationships? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97(4): 928-940.
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Sound Detected
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Passive Feeding
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Parmentier, E., Scalbert, R., Raick, X., Gache, C., Frédérich, B., Bertucci, F., Lecchini, D. 2021. First Use of Acoustic Calls To Distinguish Cryptic Members of a Fish Species Complex. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlab056.
Parmentier, E., Vandewalle, P., Frédérich, B., Fine, M. L. 2006. Sound Production in Two Species of Damselfishes (Pomacentridae): Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus and Dascyllus aruanus. Journal of Fish Biology, 69(2): 491-503.