trimaculatus, Pomacentrus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:39, Pl. 8 (fig. 3) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1445. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1860.11.9.95, Ruppell specimen; ? Paralectotypes: SMF 2750 (1) and SMF 5113 (1) Massawa, MNHN 0000-8128 (1) Red Sea. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:28 [ref. 20862]. Lectotype established by Dor 1984:184 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Dor 1984:184 [ref. 29757], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:191 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:677 [ref. 5631], Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:48 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:268 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:244 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:242 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:50 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:263 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:469 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:196 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:144 [ref. 26476] dated 1828, Kuiter 1997:264 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:268 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:179 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:378 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:20 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:929 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:322 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Randall & Randall 2001:61 [ref. 25280], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:195 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3354 [ref. 26132] dated 1928, Nakabo 2002:929 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:364, 633 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830] dated to 1828, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:135 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:333 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:370 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1456 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:308 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:80 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:209 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:153 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:598 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:171 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:119 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:69 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35354], Fowler et al. 2017:[4] 2252 [ref. 36358], Fricke et al. 2018:268 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:115 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:118 [ref. 36262], Arndt & Fricke 2019:26 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:135 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:96 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:215 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Kim et al. 2020:149 [ref. 39118], Arshad in Motomura et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38121], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Parenti 2021:64 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:145 [ref. 39911], Allen & Erdmann 2024:608 [ref. 40796], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell 1829). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti), Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Korea and southern Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Wollongong (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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