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threespot dascyllus
Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829)
Also called'atoti (tah) · Demoiselle à trois taches (fra) · Domino Noir (fra) · Mitsuboshikurosuzumedai (jpn) · ミツボシクロスズメダイ (jpn) · 三斑圓雀鯛 (zho) · 三斑宅泥魚 (zho) · 三斑宅泥鱼 (zho) · 三點白 (zho) · 厚殼仔 (zho)
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 4. — General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia, Lord Howe and Austral islands. Found in coral and rocky reefs, juveniles often commensal with large sea anemones, sea urchins, or small coral heads, 0 – 55 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. First recorded from St. Mathias by Duncker & Mohr (1929: 67), based on ZMH 11943; specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng region by Dietmar Amon, and at 8 m depth, by Dean Tully on 1 July 2011; another photographed at St. KVG 25 (off southeastern New Hanover) by Serge Andréfouët on 22 Aug. 2014.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212031.