green puller
Mecaenichthys immaculatus
- Usual depth4–13 m
- Water temperature20–24 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and December
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Joanna Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
The immaculate damselfish, also known as the green puller, is a species of ray-finned fish, it is the only species in the monotypic genus Mecaenichthys, classified in the subfamily Pomacentrinae of the family Pomacentridae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Immaculate 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: 162 records
- February: 130 records
- March: 105 records
- April: 93 records
- May: 69 records
- June: 71 records
- July: 52 records
- August: 62 records
- September: 90 records
- October: 110 records
- November: 112 records
- December: 124 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–13 m · Deepest record: 15.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–24 °C
Photos
(c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Alesha Teitzel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Niki Hubbard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Joanna Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- green puller, Immaculate Damsel
Names in 2 more languages
- Spanish
- Damisela inmaculada
- Simplified Chinese
- 无斑高雀鲷
Other scientific names: Heliastes immaculatus
Similar species
Cow pilotAbudefduf saxatilis
Scissortail sergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatus
Indo-Pacific sergeantAbudefduf vaigiensis
Spiny chromisAcanthochromis polyacanthus
Black-snouted Sergeant-majorAmblyglyphidodon curacao
DamselfishChromis chromis
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).
- 1,298 open-data records from 1898 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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