threespot dascyllus

 About "threespot dascyllus"

📍Kingdom:- Animalia

📍Phylum:- Chordata

📍Class:- Actinopterygii

📍Family:- Pomacentridae

📍Genus:- Dascyllus

📍Species:- D. trimaculatus

📍Binomial name:-

Dascyllus trimaculatus

👉The threespot dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus), also known as the domino damsel or simply domino, is a species of damselfish from the family Pomacentridae.

👉It is native to the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa, to the Pitcairn Islands, southern Japan, and Australia.

👉Its grey to black body has two lateral white spots and one between the eyes like domino hence the name; the threespot dascyllus grows up to 13 cm in length.

👉Coloration is somewhat variable; the spot on the forehead may be absent and the lateral spots very much reduced.

👉It feeds on algae, copepods and other planktonic crustaceans.

👉Generally, adults are found in small groups around coral heads or large rocks.

👉Juveniles may be found associated with large sea anemones or sheltering between the spines of diadema sea urchins or branching corals.

👉This species may be found to depths of 55 m.

📷:- http://www.underwaterkwaj.com/uw-misc/damsel/Dascyllus-trimaculatus.htm

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