Dascyllus strasburgi

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Dascyllus strasburgi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Dascyllus
Species:
D. strasburgi
Binomial name
Dascyllus strasburgi
Klausewitz, 1960

Dascyllus strasburgi, Strasburg's dascyllus, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands where they are found among coral and rocky reefs. and feed on zooplankton. [2] The specific name honours Donald W. Strasburg of the University of Hawaii, a fish ecologist and collector of the type specimen. [3]

References

  1. Allen, G.R. (2022). "Dascyllus strasburgi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T188437A1875060. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T188437A1875060.en . Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dascyllus strasburgi". FishBase . June 2018 version.
  3. 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 30 September 2018.