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Blacktail humbug (Dascyllus melanurus)
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Blacktail humbug (Dascyllus melanurus) specimen
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Pomacentridae

Blacktail humbug

Dascyllus melanurus

Fish Reaching Eight Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Blacktail humbug is a marine fish found around Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 8 cm.

Maximum length
8 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Western Pacific: Sumatra to Vanuatu, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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