Dascyllus_marginatus

<i>Dascyllus marginatus</i>

Dascyllus marginatus

Species of fish


Dascyllus marginatus (marginate dascyllus or Red Sea dascyllus) is a damselfish endemic to the Western Indian Ocean.[1] It is a site attached fish that lives in corals, usually Stylophora pistillata and species of Acropora. In these corals it hides at a moment of danger[2] and sleeps at night.[3] It feeds on zooplankton that drifts with the current,[4] and grows to a size of 6 cm in length.[1] Dascyllus marginatus lives in groups of 2-25 individuals,[5] and while foraging for food around their home coral, group members keep separated and stable foraging spaces.[6]

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Human Uses

It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.[1]


References

  1. "Dascyllus marginatus". FishBase. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  2. Goldshmid, Rotem; Holzman, Roi; Weihs, Daniel; Genin, Amatzia (2004). "Aeration of corals by sleep‐swimming fish". Limnology and Oceanography. 49 (5): 1832–1839. doi:10.4319/lo.2004.49.5.1832. ISSN 0024-3590.
  3. Kent, Rafi; Holzman, Roi; Genin, Amatzia (2006-10-05). "Preliminary evidence on group-size dependent feeding success in the damselfish Dascyllus marginatus". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 323: 299–303. doi:10.3354/meps323299. ISSN 0171-8630.
  4. Engel, Anael; Reuben, Yaela; Kolesnikov, Irina; Churilov, Dmitri; Nathan, Ran; Genin, Amatzia (2024-03-07). "Space partitioning within groups of social coral reef fish". Coral Reefs. doi:10.1007/s00338-023-02460-x. ISSN 1432-0975.



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