Green Puller

Pristotis obtusirostris

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth25–62 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsAugust, September, and October
How commonOccasional

All species

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 52 records
February: 62 records
March: 28 records
April: 37 records
May: 21 records
June: 61 records
July: 24 records
August: 166 records
September: 242 records
October: 200 records
November: 88 records
December: 64 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 25–62 m · Deepest record: 145 m

0–10 m: 9 records
10–20 m: 23 records
20–30 m: 179 records
30–40 m: 227 records
40–50 m: 216 records
50–60 m: 138 records
60–70 m: 60 records
70–80 m: 24 records
80–90 m: 8 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 5 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 13 records
24–26 °C: 35 records
26–28 °C: 183 records
28–30 °C: 10 records

Names and classification

English: Green Puller, Gulf Damsel, Gulf damselfish, Jerdon's Damsel-fish, Roaming Damsel, spotted damsel

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Okisuzumedai, オキスズメダイ
Simplified Chinese: 厚殼仔, 鈍吻鋸雀鯛, 鈍吻鋸齒雀鯛, 青紺仔

Other scientific names: Chromis virescens, Daya jerdoni, Pomacentrus dolii, Pomacentrus jerdoni, Pomacentrus obtusirostris, Pristotis jerdoni, Pristotis judithae

Similar species

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Black-snouted Sergeant-major
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Black Chromis
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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).
1,391 open-data records from 1862 to 2022.

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