Black-banded Damsel

Amblypomacentrus breviceps

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth14–75 m
Water temperature25–30 °C
Best monthsAugust, October, and November
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Amblypomacentrus breviceps, known commonly as the black-banded demoiselle , is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae, the damselfishes and the clownfishes.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Amblypomacentrus breviceps”, 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: 28 records
February: 23 records
March: 27 records
April: 27 records
May: 24 records
June: 21 records
July: 20 records
August: 34 records
September: 25 records
October: 34 records
November: 44 records
December: 23 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 14–75 m · Deepest record: 99 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 4 records
20–30 m: 13 records
30–40 m: 8 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 3 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C

24–26 °C: 4 records
26–28 °C: 52 records
28–30 °C: 33 records

Photos

(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Black-banded Damsel, Blackbanded Damsel, Black-banded Demoiselle, Short-head Damsel, Short-headed Damsel, Small-headed Demoiselle

Names in 2 more languages

Thai: ปลาสลิดหินหลังบั้ง
Simplified Chinese: 厚殼仔, 短頭鈍雀鯛

Other scientific names: Glyphisodon breviceps, Pomacentrus beauforti, Pomacentrus breviceps, Pomacentrus nematopterus, Pomacentrus trifasciatus, Pristotis trifasciatus

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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).
164 open-data records from 1839 to 2017.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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