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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
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Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
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 et al. (2021)
Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
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.
Parmentier et al. (2009)
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.
Parmentier et al. (2006)