Dascyllus aruanus
Humbug damsel | Common Humbug | Humbug Dascyllus | Three-stripe Damsel | White-tailed Footballer | White-tailed Humbug | Zebra Humbug
Similar Species
Distribution
Temperate Australasia, Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Black and white bars of near equal size and white tail. High body with a rounded head. Similar D. melanurus (Blacktail Humbug) has black tail, and Chrysiptera tricincta (Threeband Demoiselle) has white on pelvic fin. Lives in small aggregations above staghorn coral in lagoons.
Information
Max Size: 10 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 19.1-31.1°C
Depth: 0-20m
Habitat Generalization Index: 12.45
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Frequent (18.9% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (40 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.