Cloudy dascyllus
Dascyllus carneus
- Usual depth3–44 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Dascyllus carneus, known commonly as the cloudy dascyllus or Indian dascyllus among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Dascyllus carneus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 41 records
- February: 61 records
- March: 58 records
- April: 40 records
- May: 30 records
- June: 18 records
- July: 30 records
- August: 27 records
- September: 46 records
- October: 55 records
- November: 56 records
- December: 71 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–44 m · Deepest record: 60.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Photos
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Rose Zappa, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Borja Fierro-Leva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Cloudy dascyllus, Bluetop Dascyllus, Cloudy Damsel, cloudy dascyllus, freckled damselfish, Indian Dascyllus, Indian Humbug, Twobar Humbug, whitetail damselfish
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Blauflossen-Mönchfisch, Weißschwanz-Preußenfisch
- Spanish
- Damisela India
- French
- Demoiselle obscure
- Thai
- ปลาสลิดหินคอดำ
Other scientific names: Dascyllus nigripinnis
Similar species
Banded dascyllusDascyllus aruanus
Reticulate dascyllusDascyllus reticulatus
DominoDascyllus trimaculatus
Hawaiian dascyllusDascyllus albisella
black damselfishDascyllus flavicaudus
- Golden Domino Damsel
Dascyllus auripinnis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 299 open-data records from 1885 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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