# What is the name of this tropical fish? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 30, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533 "2021-10-30T17:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533/1 "2021-10-30T17:51:11Z")
I saw a tv show where there was a salt water aquarium with colorful fish, and one of them, I can’t remember or find out the name of the thing. It was a darkish fish with bright colored polka dots - that’s all I got. It wasn’t a ‘pretty’ fish, didn’t have graceful fins, but it was a showy fish, of a decent size. Might have had some stripes on it, too. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533/2 "2021-10-30T18:04:53Z")
The Three Spot Domino (Damselfish) is pretty common in saltwater aquariums. Did it look like this? > **[Three Spot Domino Damselfish: Saltwater Aquarium Fish](https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/102/?pcatid=102)** > > Shop the Three Spot Domino Damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus) and other high-quality aquatic life for your saltwater marine aquarium available for sale at LiveAquaria®. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533/3 "2021-10-30T18:33:20Z")
no, it’s pretty! but the one I’m thinking of is I think a dark blue, it looks smooth, and has some yellow polka dots, some white polka dots, and maybe some stripes. Not all over. It looks like someone started to paint it, ran out of a color and used another color, it’s sort of a crazy quilt of patches of dots, almost like a practical joke of nature - but not all over. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533/4 "2021-10-30T18:40:56Z")
I FOUND IT! It’s a ‘Clown Triggerfish’ from the Coral Sea, it is quite gaudy and has orange lips. kind of expensive salt water fish, most tropicals are. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533/5 "2021-10-30T19:00:52Z")
Bill. Bill the fish. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533/6 "2021-10-31T00:16:39Z")
Bill ‘Sharkbait’ Triggerfish. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533/7 "2021-10-31T00:21:42Z")
^ On formal documents, absolutely. 😃