Dischistodus perspicillatus

The Dischitodus perspicllatus is viscous organism, in which resigns near coral reefs. The fish is naturally aggressive towards those who go to near to their territory. As the Dischistodus perspicillatus is very protective over their sacred area of the coral reefs, food, and their eggs from their ecological extensive history.

Dischistodus perspicillatus
Scientific classification
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.[2]

This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in).[3]

References

  1. ^ Allen, G.R.; Arceo, H.; Mutia, M.T.M.; Muyot, F.B.; Nañola, C.L.; Santos, M. (2022). "Dischistodus perspicillatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T188612A1902135. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T188612A1902135.en. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  2. ^ Allen, G.R., 1991. Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 p.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dischistodus perspicillatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.

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