Dascyllus strasburgi
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.[1] The specific name honours Donald W. Strasburg of the University of Hawaii, a fish ecologist and collector of the type specimen.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Dascyllus |
| Species: | D. strasburgi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dascyllus strasburgi Klausewitz, 1960 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Dascyllus strasburgi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- 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. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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