Dischistodus

Genus of fishes

Dischistodus
Dischistodus fasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
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

  • Dischistodus chrysopoecilus (Schlegel and Müller, 1839) - white-spot damsel
  • Dischistodus darwiniensis (Whitley, 1928) - banded damselfish
  • 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

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dischitodus in FishBase. June 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Dischistodus