Singlebar devil

Plectroglyphidodon leucozona

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–6 m
Water temperature18–30 °C
Best monthsMarch and April
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus is a species of Perciformes in the family Pomacentridae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus”, 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: 58 records
February: 107 records
March: 222 records
April: 308 records
May: 136 records
June: 71 records
July: 83 records
August: 58 records
September: 70 records
October: 70 records
November: 56 records
December: 120 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–6 m · Deepest record: 100 m

0–10 m: 286 records
10–20 m: 11 records
20–30 m: 5 records
30–40 m: 1 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: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 62 records
22–24 °C: 81 records
24–26 °C: 234 records
26–28 °C: 186 records
28–30 °C: 173 records

Photos

(c) Jono, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) ajott, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Singlebar devil, Whitebar damselfish, coralfish, Sash Damsel, singlebar devil, Whiteband Damsel, Whiteband Damselfish, whitebar damselfish

Names in 2 more languages

French: Demoiselle à bande blanche
Japanese: Hakusensuzumedai, ハクセンスズメダイ

Other scientific names: Abudefduf atrapinna, Abudefduf cingulum, Abudefduf corneyi, Abudefduf leucozona, Abudefduf leucozonus, Abudefduf melanozonatus, Abudefduf yamashinai, Chrysiptera yamashinai, Glyphidodon cingulum, Glyphisodon leucozona, Plectrogliphidodon leucozonus, Plectroglyphidodon lecozoncus, Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus, Plectroglyphitodon leucozona, Plectroglypidodon leucozonus

Similar species

Blackbar devil
Plectroglyphidodon dickii
Dark Damsel
Plectroglyphidodon fasciolatus
Johnston Island damsel
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus
Brighteye damselfish
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis
Western Gregory
Plectroglyphidodon obreptus
Phoenix devil
Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis

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).
1,336 open-data records from 1859 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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