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Cloudy damsel

Dascyllus carneus Fischer, 1885

Status not recordedbony fish

The cloudy damsel (Dascyllus carneus) is a species in the family Pomacentridae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the cloudy damsel

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cloudy damsel live?

Not recorded

Is the cloudy damsel endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cloudy damsel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPomacentridae
  6. genusDascyllus
  7. SpeciesDascyllus carneus Fischer, 1885

Synonyms Dascyllus nigripinnis, Dascyllus nirgripinnis, Pomacentrus megalops

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Bluetop dascyllusEnglish
  • Cloudy dascyllusEnglish
  • Freckled damselfishEnglish
  • Indian dascyllusEnglish
  • Indian humbugEnglish
  • Twobar humbugEnglish
  • Whitetail damselfishEnglish
  • Dascyllus coral·líCatalan
  • komorník indickýCzech
  • Hvidhalet jomfrufiskDanish
  • Blauflossen-MönchfischGerman
  • Damisela IndiaSpanish
  • Demoiselle obscureFrench
  • Damigella cremaItalian
  • Dascyllus-indianoPortuguese
  • ปลาสลิดหินคอดำThai
  • Weißschwanz-PreußenfischGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cloudy damsel

Other species in the same genus Dascyllus.

Humbug

Dascyllus aruanus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Domino

Dascyllus trimaculatus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Gray humbug

Dascyllus reticulatus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Grey humbug

Dascyllus marginatus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

CompareCloudy damsel vs HumbugCloudy damsel vs DominoCloudy damsel vs Blacktail humbugCloudy damsel vs Gray humbug

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the cloudy damsel?

The cloudy damsel (Dascyllus carneus) belongs to the family Pomacentridae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cloudy damsel (Dascyllus carneus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cloudy-damsel

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“Cloudy damsel (Dascyllus carneus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cloudy-damsel.

BibTeX
@misc{cloudy_damsel_2026,
  title = {Cloudy damsel (Dascyllus carneus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cloudy-damsel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}