Dascyllus carneus Cloudy dascyllus

Dascyllus carneusis commonly referred to as Cloudy dascyllus. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 240 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Henning Wiese, Schweiz

Cloudy dascyllus (Dascyllus carneus), Malediven 2016

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lexID:: 10006
AphiaID:: 212848

Scientific:: Dascyllus carneus
German:: Weißschwanz-Preußenfisch
English:: Cloudy Dascyllus

Category:: Damselfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Dascyllus (Genus) > carneus (Species)
Initial determination:: Fischer, 1885

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Comores, East Africa, Indonesia, Java, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion , South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tansania, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 5 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 2.76" (7 cm)
Temperature:: 78.8 °F - 84.2 °F (26°C - 29°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Zooplankton
Tank:: 52.79 gal (~ 240L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Dascyllus abudafur
Preussenfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-10-09 13:11:17
Last edit:: 2021-02-02 11:21:06

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Fischer, 1885

Synonym:
Dascyllus nigripinnis Regan, 1908

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Dascyllus (Genus) > Dascyllus carneus (Species)