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title: "Three-spot Dascyllus"
description: "Dascyllus trimaculatus — Fish. The threespot dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus), also known as the domino damsel or simply domino, is a species of damselfish from the family Pomacentridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/three-spot-dascyllus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Three-spot Dascyllus

> Dascyllus trimaculatus — Fish. The threespot dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus), also known as the domino damsel or simply domino, is a species of damselfish from the family Pomacentridae.

- Scientific name: *Dascyllus trimaculatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 5418
- Wikidata: [Q908364](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908364)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49303](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49303)

## Names

- en: Three-spot Dascyllus
- de: Dreifleck-Preußenfisch
- es: Damisela de tres manchas
- fr: Demoiselle à trois points
- nl: Fluwelen juffertje

## Countries with the most observations

ID (783), AU (471), PH (436), EG (349), PF (305), FJ (253), TH (169), MV (163), MY (147), KE (138), TZ (136), TW (110)

## Summary

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, and can also be found in some parts of the Philippines.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threespot_dascyllus

## Photo

![Three-spot Dascyllus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/three-spot-dascyllus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Astrid Osborne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369244141

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/three-spot-dascyllus?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).