What is the meaning of scientific name dascyllus melanurus?

where did it originate and what it means broken up.

What is the meaning of scientific name dascyllus melanurus?
The common name of Dascyllus melanurus is four-striped damsel, syn. black-taled dascyllus:


http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/d...


Taxonomy:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dascyllus





"Melanurus" means "black taled" and Dascyllus comes from the sea monster Scylla, which was said to have 12 feet, six necks and six mouths, with three rows of- teeth in each.


http://chestofbooks.com/reference/The-Ne...


These attributes were the cause of the relevance of scyllus to ( killing ) sea anemones and the translation of Dascyllus means belonging to sea anemones.


The "literal translation" of Dascyllus melanurus means a black-taled fish living near a sea anemone.

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