WoRMS taxon details
Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
212843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212843)
accepted
Species
Abudefduf caroli Curtiss, 1938 · unaccepted
Chaetodon arcuanus Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Dascyllus arnanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Dascyllus blochii Castelnau, 1875 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus devisi Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus emamo Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus trifasciatus De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Tetradrachmum arcuatum Cantor, 1850 · unaccepted
Tetradrachmum aruanum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
[request]
[request]
Description Territorial, inhabits shallow lagoon and subtidal reef flats. Forms large aggregations above staghorn @Acropora@ thickets...
Description Territorial, inhabits shallow lagoon and subtidal reef flats. Forms large aggregations above staghorn @Acropora@ thickets or in smaller groups above isolated coral heads. Feeds on zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, and algae. Males invite females to spawn in their nests; protecting the eggs until they hatch and becoming very aggressive against other fish. Eggs hatch after 3-5 days; pelagic larvae feeds on plankton (Ref. 5503). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212843 on 2025-07-15
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon arcuanus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1250 [details]
original description (of Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Abudefduf caroli Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pomacentrus devisi Jordan & Seale, 1906) Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus trifasciatus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). Fishes from South Sea islands. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 8 (pt 4): 445-457.
page(s): 452 [details]
original description (of Dascyllus blochii Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 34 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 1250 [details]
original description (of Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Abudefduf caroli Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pomacentrus devisi Jordan & Seale, 1906) Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus trifasciatus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). Fishes from South Sea islands. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 8 (pt 4): 445-457.
page(s): 452 [details]
original description (of Dascyllus blochii Castelnau, 1875) Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. <em>Intercolonial Exhibition Essays.</em> Part VII (II): 1-52.
page(s): 34 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
To, A.W.L., Ching, K.S.H. & Shea, S.K.H. (2013) Hong Kong reef fish photo guide. Eco-Education and Resources Centre. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]Unreviewed
Description Territorial, inhabits shallow lagoon and subtidal reef flats. Forms large aggregations above staghorn @Acropora@ thickets or in smaller groups above isolated coral heads. Feeds on zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, and algae. Males invite females to spawn in their nests; protecting the eggs until they hatch and becoming very aggressive against other fish. Eggs hatch after 3-5 days; pelagic larvae feeds on plankton (Ref. 5503). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whitetail dascyllusbanded dascyllus | [details] |
| Japanese | ミスジリュウキュウスズメダイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (119 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Tetradrachmum arcuatum Cantor, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Tetradrachmum aruanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus devisi Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus emamo Lesson, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon arcuanus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus trifasciatus De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Dascyllus arnanus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Humbug Dascyllus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dascyllus aruanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon arcuanus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Dascyllus blochii Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Dascyllus arnanus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetradrachmum aruanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetradrachmum arcuatum Cantor, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus trifasciatus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus emamo Lesson, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Abudefduf caroli Curtiss, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus devisi Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase images (Dascyllus aruanus, Mauritius, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (317 nucleotides; 251 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (317 nucleotides; 251 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dascyllus aruanus USNM 401106 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dascyllus aruanus USNM 408249 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (119 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Tetradrachmum arcuatum Cantor, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Tetradrachmum aruanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus devisi Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus emamo Lesson, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon arcuanus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus trifasciatus De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Dascyllus arnanus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Humbug Dascyllus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dascyllus aruanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon arcuanus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Dascyllus blochii Castelnau, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Dascyllus arnanus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetradrachmum aruanum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Tetradrachmum arcuatum Cantor, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus trifasciatus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus emamo Lesson, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Abudefduf caroli Curtiss, 1938)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus devisi Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase images (Dascyllus aruanus, Mauritius, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (317 nucleotides; 251 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (317 nucleotides; 251 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dascyllus aruanus USNM 401106 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dascyllus aruanus USNM 408249 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
