Dascyllus abudafur

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Dascyllus abudafur
Damisela de tres bandas (Dascyllus abudafur), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 123.jpg
In the Red Sea
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Dascyllus
Species:
D. abudafur
Binomial name
Dascyllus abudafur
Forsskål, 1775 [1]

Dascyllus abudafur, the Indian Ocean humbug, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes.

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Distribution

It is found in the Red Sea, along the coasts of eastern Africa to South Africa, the Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarene Islands east to the Sunda Islands. [2]

Taxonomy

Unlike D. aruanus, D. abudafur may exhibit a dark coloured tail fin, although not all individuals do so. In the Maldives. Indian Ocean Humbug, Alifu Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives imported from iNaturalist photo 188368035 (cropped).jpg
Unlike D. aruanus , D. abudafur may exhibit a dark coloured tail fin, although not all individuals do so. In the Maldives.

It has previously been classified as synonymous with the Pacific humbug ( Dascyllus aruanus ) but mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analysis shows that the two species were are genetically and morphologically different, with different geographic ranges. [2]

Due to its close relation with D. aruanus, it is part of the D. aruanus species complex (D. aruanus, D. abudafur, D. melanurus). [2] [3]

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Arabic word for this species Abu-dafur Jabûd. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Dascyllus abudafur Forsskål 1775". FishWisePro. 1775. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Borsa, P.; Sembiring, A.; Fauvelot, C.; Chen, W.-J. (2014). "Resurrection of Indian Ocean humbug damselfish, Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål) from synonymy with its Pacific Ocean sibling, Dascyllus aruanus (L.)" (PDF). Comptes Rendus Biologies. 337 (12): 709–716. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2014.09.001. PMID   25433563.
  3. ↑ McCafferty, S.; Bermingham, E.; Quenouille, B.; Planes, S.; Hoelzer, G.; Asoh, K. (August 2002). "Historical biogeography and molecular systematics of the Indo‐Pacific genus Dascyllus (Teleostei: Pomacentridae)" . Molecular Ecology. 11 (8): 1377–1392. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01533.x. ISSN   0962-1083.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries Ovalentaria (Incertae sedis): Family Pomacentridae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2018.


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