Dischistodus perspicillatus

Dischistodus perspicillatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Dischistodus
Species:
D. perspicillatus
Binomial name
Dischistodus perspicillatus
(Cuvier, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Pomacentrus perspicillatus Cuvier, 1830
  • Pomacentrus trimaculatus Cuvier, 1830
  • Dischistodus trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1830)
  • Pomacentrus bifasciatus Bleeker, 1854
  • Pomacentrus frenatus De Vis, 1885
  • Pomacentrus dorsomaculatus Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911
  • Chromis humbug Whitley, 1954

Dischistodus perspicillatus, commonly known as the white damsel, is a species of fish native to the Andaman Sea and eastern Indian Ocean.[1]

This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ Allen, G.R., 1991. Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 p.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dischistodus perspicillatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.


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