Dascyllus flavicaudus

Yellowtail damsel ( Dascyllus flavicaudus )

The yellowtail damsel ( Dascyllus flavicaudus ) is a species of the family of damselfish (Pomacentridae ). The fish live in the south-eastern Pacific from the Society Islands via the Tuamotu Archipelago up to Rapa Iti and the Pitcairn Islands. He it replaces the closely related, but there is not occurring network - damsel ( Dascyllus reticulatus ).

Features

Yellowtail damselfishes are nine to twelve inches long. Your body height is very high with a ratio of 1/ 1 ,4- 1, 6 (body height / body length). With the exception of yellowish to yellowish- white tail and the bright rear portion of the dorsal fin, her body is dark, blackish - brown to blackish - purple. The dark shed edges result in a net drawing in the not too blackish fish. Along the lateral line organ have yellowtail damsel 17 to 20 scales. The number of gill Reuse extensions is 26 to 29

• Fins formula: Dorsal XII/15-16, Anal II/13-14, pectoral 19-20.

Way of life

The fish live in coral and reefs at depths of 3 to 40 meters. Yellowtail Prussia fish feed on copepods, other small planktonic crustaceans and algae. The fish are like all damselfish substrate spawners and glue their eggs in a cave or hidden niche on the wall. The male guards the eggs.