Girdled Parma

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 106 records
February: 87 records
March: 124 records
April: 95 records
May: 71 records
June: 62 records
July: 52 records
August: 53 records
September: 54 records
October: 55 records
November: 75 records
December: 98 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–13 m · Deepest record: 12.5 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–23 °C

20–22 °C: 20 records
22–24 °C: 18 records

Photos

(c) Bronte-Maye, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) libby hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Girdled Parma, Girdled Scalyfin

Names in 2 more languages

Spanish: Teniente Ceñido
Simplified Chinese: 单带盾豆娘鱼

Other scientific names: Pomacentrus unifasciatus

Similar species

Black Scalyfin
Parma alboscapularis
Common Scalyfin
Parma mccullochi
scalyfin
Parma microlepis
Big-scaled Parma
Parma oligolepis
Banded Parma
Parma polylepis
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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,579 open-data records from 1963 to 2022.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.