Greyback Damsel

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 33 records
February: 19 records
March: 28 records
April: 26 records
May: 20 records
June: 20 records
July: 14 records
August: 19 records
September: 12 records
October: 14 records
November: 12 records
December: 25 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–6 m · Deepest record: 6 m

0–10 m: 5 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–27 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Rachel Crane, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rolf Lawrenz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Solomon Islands Fish ID Project, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rachel Crane, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Solomon Islands Fish ID Project, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Greyback Damsel, Greyback Damselfish

Names in 1 more languages

French: Demoiselle à front bleu-gris

Similar species

Fiji Blue Devil
Chrysiptera taupou
Twinspot damselfish
Chrysiptera biocellata
Blueribbon Damsel
Chrysiptera brownriggii
Blue Damsel-fish
Chrysiptera cyanea
Grey demoiselle
Chrysiptera glauca
Southern Damsel
Chrysiptera notialis

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
307 open-data records from 1979 to 2022.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.