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Dischistodus prosopotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)

Honey-head damsel
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Australia country information

Common names: Honey-breast damsel, Honeyhead damsel, Honey-head damsel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from eastern Australia (Ref. 48636). Reported from the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Ref. 75154). Also Ref. 2334. Known from Queensland and offshore reefs of Western Australia (Ref. 90102).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Honeyhead damsel, Masked demoiselle, Honey-breasted damsel, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) > Pomacentrinae
Etymology: Dischistodus: Greek, di = two + Greek, schistos = fissile stone, Plinius + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 1 - 12 m (Ref. 7247).   Tropical; 26°N - 40°S

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