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title: "Drievlekken juffertje"
description: "Stegastes planifrons — Vissen. Stegastes planifrons (threespot damselfish) is a damselfish from the Western Atlantic."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/threespot-damselfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Drievlekken juffertje

> Stegastes planifrons — Vissen. Stegastes planifrons (threespot damselfish) is a damselfish from the Western Atlantic.

- Scientific name: *Stegastes planifrons*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1751
- Wikidata: [Q2755141](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2755141)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49304](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49304)

## Names

- en: Threespot Damselfish
- de: Dreifleck-Gregory
- es: Jaqueta de tres puntos
- fr: Demoiselle trois points
- nl: Drievlekken juffertje

## Countries with the most observations

MX (172), HN (156), BZ (121), PA (121), CW (81), VI (77), KY (68), US (64), JM (59), BS (40), CU (37), MQ (36)

## Summary

Stegastes planifrons (threespot damselfish) is a damselfish from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.

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

## Photo

![Drievlekken juffertje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/threespot-damselfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262733816

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/threespot-damselfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).