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Dischistodus

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Dischistodus
Dischistodus fasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Dischistodus
Gill, 1863
Type species
Pomacentrus fasciatus
Cuvier, 1830

Dischistodus is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. It has seven described species.[1]

Species

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Species Common name Image
Dischistodus chrysopoecilus

(Schlegel and MÞller, 1839)

white-spot damsel
Dischistodus darwiniensis

(Whitley, 1928)

banded damsel
Dischistodus fasciatus

(Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)

banded damsel
Dischistodus melanotus

(Bleeker, 1858)

black-vent damsel
Dischistodus perspicillatus

(Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)

white damsel
Dischistodus prosopotaenia

(Bleeker, 1852)

honey-head damsel
Dischistodus pseudochrysopoecilus

(G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1974)

monarch damsel

References

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  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dischitodus". FishBase. June 2013 version.