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Dischistodus perspicillatus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Dischistodus
Species: Dischistodus perspicillatus
Name

Dischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier, 1830)

Holotype: RMNH.
Synonyms

Chromis humbug Whitley, 1954
Dischistodus trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Pomacentrus bifasciatus Bleeker, 1854
Pomacentrus dorsomaculatus Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911
Pomacentrus frenatus De Vis, 1885
Pomacentrus pavo perspicillatus Cuvier, 1830
Pomacentrus perspicillatus Cuvier, 1830

References

Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes 1830: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140.
Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
Dischistodus perspicillatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names
English: White Damsel

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

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

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