Banded Parma

Parma polylepis

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth2–12 m
Water temperature18–26 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and April
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Parma polylepis, the banded parma, is a species of damselfish from the western-central Pacific Ocean.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Parma polylepis”, 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: 84 records
February: 106 records
March: 42 records
April: 71 records
May: 59 records
June: 54 records
July: 27 records
August: 35 records
September: 65 records
October: 67 records
November: 48 records
December: 38 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–12 m · Deepest record: 25.5 m

0–10 m: 44 records
10–20 m: 37 records
20–30 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–26 °C

16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 157 records
22–24 °C: 16 records
24–26 °C: 16 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) naturewatchwidow, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) tobyyy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Banded Parma, Banded Scalyfin

Names in 1 more languages

Spanish: Teniente Bandeado

Similar species

Black Scalyfin
Parma alboscapularis
Common Scalyfin
Parma mccullochi
scalyfin
Parma microlepis
Big-scaled Parma
Parma oligolepis
Girdled Parma
Parma unifasciata
Common Scalyfin
Parma victoriae

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).
1,352 open-data records from 1961 to 2013.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.

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