Hawaiian dascyllus

Dascyllus albisella

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth3–23 m
Water temperature24–30 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Dascyllus albisella commonly known as the Hawaiian dascyllus, Hawaiian domino, Domino damselfish, or white-spotted damsel is a marine fish found in the Eastern Central Pacific.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Dascyllus albisella”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 297 records
February: 100 records
March: 138 records
April: 108 records
May: 111 records
June: 250 records
July: 382 records
August: 651 records
September: 1,194 records
October: 648 records
November: 155 records
December: 135 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–23 m · Deepest record: 137 m

0–10 m: 1,069 records
10–20 m: 1,325 records
20–30 m: 592 records
30–40 m: 10 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 6 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 5 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 2 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 99 records
24–26 °C: 597 records
26–28 °C: 69 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Chris Teague, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Tyler Bishop, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rose Zappa, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Lexi Amico, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Hawaiian dascyllus, Hawaiian Domino, Hawaiian Domino Damselfish, Hawaiian threespot damselfish, Onespot Damselfish, spot dascyllus, threespot damsel, White-spotted Damsel

Names in 1 more languages

Spanish: Damisela domino hawaiana

Other scientific names: Dascyllus edmondsoni

Similar species

Banded dascyllus
Dascyllus aruanus
Reticulate dascyllus
Dascyllus reticulatus
Domino
Dascyllus trimaculatus
black damselfish
Dascyllus flavicaudus
Golden Domino Damsel
Dascyllus auripinnis
Cloudy dascyllus
Dascyllus carneus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
3,245 open-data records from 1889 to 2022.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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