#2296 · 🐟 fish

Three-spot Dascyllus

🇳🇱 Fluwelen Juffertje ·Dascyllus trimaculatus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

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; the threespot dascyllus' grows up to 13 cm in length. Coloration is somewhat variable; the spot on...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,581iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,581 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eduard Rüppell in 1829 (197 years ago).