- Habitat
- Reef
- Max size
- 10 cm
- Depth
- 0-20 m
- Family
- Pomacentridae
Dascyllus aruanus, known commonly as the whitetail dascyllus or humbug damselfish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae.
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Easily confused with
Side by side, with what tells them apart.
Both are white with bold black bars and shelter in the same coral heads. Whitetail Dascyllus has three black bars and a clean white tail. Blacktail Humbug has the same three bars plus a fourth black band across the tail.
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Both are small, barred damselfish sheltering in branching coral. Whitetail Dascyllus is white with three bold black bars and a clean white tail. Reticulate Dascyllus is greyish with every scale edged in black, giving a net-like look, a dark bar behind the head and a fainter one further back, and a greenish snout.
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