Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829)

Threespot Humbug

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6830a241-4870-489c-a719-b1f0900082af

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
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Description

The Three-spot Dascyllus is bluish with dark scale margins. Juveniles have a white spot on the forehead and one on each side of the body. The forehead spot disappears with age and the side spots fades. source: OZ Animals

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Species Lists

Tropical fish sightings on the Far South Coast NSW
Land / Aquatic: Aquatic
General comments: Narooma
Common / Alternate Name: Three-Spot dascyllus
RLS profile v3
Range: 1824.481
IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed
Frequency: 3.841
Depth: (0–21 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to the Line and Pitcairn islands and Japan to Australia
Common_Name: Three-spot damsel;Threespot Humbug; three-spot dascyllus
Threats: No major threats to this species are known
Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Diet: Plankton, Invertebrates, Algae
Abundance: 48.712

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Dascyllus trimaculatus

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Pomacentrus trimaculatus Rüppell, 1829
Published in: Rüppell, W.P.E. 1829. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meeres. 2 Frankfurt : H.L. Brünner pp. 29-94 pls 8-24

Common Names

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Threespot Humbug
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Three-spot Dascyllus
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Three-spot Humbug
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Threespot Dascyllus
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Damselfish
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Domino
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Domino Damselfish
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Three Spot Damsel
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Three Spot Damselfish
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Three Spot Dascyllus
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Three-spot Damsel
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Threespot Damselfish
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White-spot Puller
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Whitespot Humbug
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
LABROIDEI
family
POMACENTRIDAE
genus
Dascyllus
species
Dascyllus trimaculatus  Recorded in Australia

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