Coral Demoiselle

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 42 records
February: 24 records
March: 29 records
April: 23 records
May: 7 records
June: 24 records
July: 19 records
August: 28 records
September: 24 records
October: 44 records
November: 25 records
December: 34 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–6 m · Deepest record: 6 m

0–10 m: 9 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C

24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 10 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thibaud Aronson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Coral Demoiselle, Yellow-tipped Damsel

Names in 1 more languages

French: Poisson-demoiselle à queue de voile

Other scientific names: Glyphisodon nemurus

Similar species

Yellowtail demoiselle
Neopomacentrus azysron
Chinese Damsel
Neopomacentrus bankieri
Regal damselfish
Neopomacentrus cyanomos
Green-shine Damsel
Neopomacentrus anabatoides
Metallic Demoiselle
Neopomacentrus metallicus
Miry's damselfish
Neopomacentrus miryae

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).
71 open-data records from 1958 to 2008.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.