White damsel
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Male white damsels guard their eggs and move water over them.
THE REAL WORLD
The real White damsel
- Scientific name
- Dischistodus perspicillatus
- Japanese name
- ホワイトダムゼル
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Dischistodus
Where the name “White damsel” comes from
Its genus name includes a Greek word meaning “teeth”.
FishBaseIt lives from the Andaman Sea and northwestern Australia east to the Solomon Islands, north to China and south to the Great Barrier Reef.
How the White damsel lives
It is active during the day. It feeds mainly on algae and small bits of organic debris. It lives on small patch reefs in shallow lagoons with algae or seagrass. Males and females form pairs when breeding.
FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- The Indo-West Pacific
Where the White damsel has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ホワイトダムゼル
- 简体中文
- 显盘雀鲷
- 繁體中文
- 顯盤雀鯛
- Français
- Demoiselle blanché
- Deutsch
- Weisser Riffbarsch
- Português (Brasil)
- Donzela-branca
- Italiano
- Damigella bianca
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ホワイトダムゼルChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Dischistodus perspicillatus, White damselChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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