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Scientific Name: Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- TSN: 170123

Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species Synonym(s):Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758
Abudefduf caroli Curtiss, 1938
Pomacentrus devisi Jordan and Seale, 1906
Pomacentrus emamo Lesson, 1831
Pomacentrus trifasciatus De Vis, 1884
Chaetodon abudafar Forsskål, 1775
Dascyllus blochii Castelnau, 1875


Vernacular name(s): banded humbug [English]
black and white damselfish [English]
black-and-white damselfish [English]
humbug damselfish [English]
threestripe damselfish [English]
whitetail dascyllus [English]


Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing: valid

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

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 Kingdom Animalia-- animals
   Phylum Chordata-- chordates
    Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates
     Superclass Osteichthyes-- bony fishes
      Class Actinopterygii-- ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes
       Subclass Neopterygii-- neopterygians
        Infraclass Teleostei
         Superorder Acanthopterygii
          Order Perciformes-- perch-like fishes
           Suborder Labroidei-- parrotfishes, rainbowfishes
              Family Pomacentridae-- damselfishes
                  Genus Dascyllus
                      Species Dascyllus aruanus-- banded humbug, black and white damselfish
                      
                      

References



Other sources: Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004 website (version 10-May-04); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/)
Source: Catalog of Fishes, 28-Mar-2002 website (version 15-Feb-02); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/)
Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0)



References: Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7.
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Geographic Information:Indo-West Pacific
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