Dascyllus marginatus
species of fish
Dascyllus marginatus, the marginate dascyllus or Red Sea dascyllus, is a damselfish endemic to the Western Indian Ocean. 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 and sleeps at night. It feeds on zooplankton that drifts with the current, and grows to a size of 6 cm in length. Dascyllus marginatus lives in groups of 2-25 individuals, and while foraging for food around their home coral, group members keep separated and stable foraging spaces.
Human Uses
It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.
References
External links
Photos of Dascyllus marginatus in the Sealife Collection
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dascyllus marginatus". FishBase. December 2008 version.
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