Unknown fish

HarleighHesse · Nov 29, 2019

Hi everyone I am new to this blog. We have had a saltwater tank for the last 20 years on and off. Looking for an ID on a fish I just bought. They sold it as a "honey damsel". I looked it up and couldn't find a fish with a common name of honey damsel. And when I went through my books, he didnt look like ANY fish listed. He is really cute but no clue what he is. Any idea?

fish farmer · Nov 29, 2019

The devil...really. White Damsel, Dischistodus perspicillatus. The can grow to 20 cm.

I bought one from a LFS which had taken one out of their big tanks because it was very "bitey" to the humans. I bought it for $5 for a Fowlr tank with bigger fish. It was fine in there for awhile but did like to move rocks around and when I tried to put artificial corals in there it moved those around. Eventually it had an altercation with a regal tang..noticed a laceration on it's side, assuming it was from the tang. It succumbed to the injury in a separate tank.