Australian Museum Journal A revision of the damselfish genus Dascyllus (Pomacentridae) with the description of a new species
- Shortform:
- Randall and Allen, 1977, Rec. Aust. Mus. 31(9): 349–385
- Author(s):
- Randall, Helen A.; Allen, Gerald R.
- Year published:
- 1977
- Title:
- A revision of the damselfish genus Dascyllus (Pomacentridae) with the description of a new species
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 9
- Start page:
- 349
- End page:
- 385
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.217
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 December 1977
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1977
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 17 December 2008
- Available online:
- 02 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 217
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (108kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (9396kb PDF)
Abstract
The damselfish genus Dascyllus (family Pomacentridae) is reviewed. The group contains the following nine species which are primarily inhabitants of tropical reefs: albisella (Hawaiian Islands), aruanus (widespread Indo-Pacific), carneus (Indian Ocean), marginatus (Red Sea), melanurus (Indo-Australian Archipelago), reticulatus (E. Indian Ocean and W. Pacific), strasburgi (Marquesas Islands), trimaculatus (widespread Indo-Pacific), and flavicaudus n.sp. (southeastern Oceania) which is described in detail and compared with its nearest relative, D. reticulatus. A brief diagnosis, illustration, and notes on the general biology of each species is provided. In addition, a key to the species of Dascyllus and tables of meristic and morphometric data are included.