Lagoon damselfish

Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–10 m
Water temperature26–30 °C
Best monthsJuly and September
How commonOccasional

About this species

The lagoon damselfish, also known as the sweetlip damsel, is a species of ray-finned fish, a damselfish from the family Pomacentridae. It is a larger species of damselfish which is found in the Indo-Pacific where it occurs around branching corals in sheltered areas of reefs.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Lagoon damselfish”, 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: 12 records
February: 10 records
March: 15 records
April: 10 records
May: 11 records
June: 7 records
July: 24 records
August: 15 records
September: 27 records
October: 12 records
November: 14 records
December: 11 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–10 m · Deepest record: 135 m

0–10 m: 113 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C

24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 15 records
28–30 °C: 166 records

Names and classification

English: Lagoon damselfish, Lagoon Damsel, lagoon damselfish, Purple-spotted Demoiselle, Sweetlip Damsel

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Suzumedaimodoki, スズメダイモドキ
Simplified Chinese: 厚殼仔, 密鰓雀鯛, 密鰓魚, 密鳃鱼

Other scientific names: Abudefduf melanopselion, Glyphidodon plagiometopon, Glyphisodon batjanensis, Glyphisodon plagiometopon, Hemiglyphidodon plagiometapon, Hemiglyphidon plagiometopon

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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).
554 open-data records from 1852 to 2021.

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