Where Damselfish has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

France — 9,624 records; Spain — 4,519 records; Greece — 2,061 records; Croatia — 875 records; Italy — 808 records; Türkiye — 174 records; Malta — 154 records; Nigeria — 118 records; Montenegro — 86 records; Ghana — 82 records; Gabon — 78 records; Portugal — 77 records; Cyprus — 72 records; Côte d’Ivoire — 71 records; Liberia — 63 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5212224) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5212224&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

European waters (ERMS scope); Greek Exclusive Economic Zone; Black Sea; Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; Beninese Exclusive Economic Zone.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127000 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 19,288 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 20 of the 41 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 705 records in total (Nigeria, Ghana, Gabon, Portugal, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Cameroon, Sierra Leone).

113 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.

Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5212224) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5212224&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127000 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.