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Humbug

Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbony fish

The humbug (Dascyllus aruanus) is a species in the family Pomacentridae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the humbug

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 humbug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the humbug as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the humbug 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 humbug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPomacentridae
  6. genusDascyllus
  7. SpeciesDascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Abudefduf caroli, Chaetodon arcuanus, Chaetodon aruanus, Dascyllus arnanus, Dascyllus blochii, Pomacentrus devisi, Pomacentrus emamo, Pomacentrus trifasciatus, Tetradrachmum arcuatum, Tetradrachmum aruanum

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Banded dascyllusEnglish
  • Banded humbugEnglish
  • Black and white damselfishEnglish
  • Black-and-white damselfishEnglish
  • Humbug damselfishEnglish
  • Humbug dascyllusEnglish
  • Three-stripe damselfishEnglish
  • Threestripe damselfishEnglish
  • White-tailed damselfishEnglish
  • White-tailed footballerEnglish
  • Whitetail dascyllusEnglish
  • Zebra humbugEnglish
  • Dascyllus ratllat del PacíficCatalan
  • komorník běloocasýCzech
  • Trestribet jomfrufiskDanish
  • Dreibinden-PreußenfischGerman
  • Damisela de tres BandasSpanish
  • Demoiselle à trois bandes noiresFrench
  • Damigella fasciata orientaleItalian
  • ミスジリュウキュウスズメダイJapanese
  • apiapimrv
  • MarkiezinnetjeDutch
  • Donzela-de-cauda-brancaPortuguese
  • Зебровидный дасциллRussian
  • 'atotiTahitian
  • ปลาสลิดหินม้าลายThai
  • 三間雀Chinese
  • Demoiselle à queue blancheFrench
  • Damigella juventina orientaleItalian
  • 三帶圓雀鯛Chinese
  • 厚殼仔Chinese
  • 宅泥魚Chinese
  • 宅泥鱼Chinese
  • 三帶圓雀鯛(三間雀)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the humbug

Other species in the same genus Dascyllus.

Domino

Dascyllus trimaculatus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Gray humbug

Dascyllus reticulatus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Grey humbug

Dascyllus marginatus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

CompareHumbug vs DominoHumbug vs Blacktail humbugHumbug vs Gray humbugHumbug vs Spot dascyllus

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the humbug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the humbug as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the humbug?

The humbug (Dascyllus aruanus) 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). Humbug (Dascyllus aruanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/humbug

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{humbug_2026,
  title = {Humbug (Dascyllus aruanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/humbug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}