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Where does the Johnston Damselfish live?

Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus has 17,632 records in 41 countries and territories, from 1946 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Johnston Damselfish
Johnston Damselfish β€” Philippe Bourjon / CC BY-SA 3.0 Β· source
AnimaliaChordataPerciformesPomacentridaePlectroglyphidodon

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 5,813
United States Minor Outlying Islands 3,786
Northern Mariana Islands 2,043
Australia 2,018
American Samoa 1,911
French Polynesia 591
Guam 497
Tonga 350
New Caledonia 131
RΓ©union 89
Seychelles 68
Fiji 48
Norfolk Island 46
Christmas Island 37
Marshall Islands 26
French Southern Territories 26
Micronesia 22
Mauritius 21
Japan 16
Cook Islands 11
Wallis & Futuna 11
British Indian Ocean Territory 9
Taiwan 8
South Africa 7
Kenya 6
Comoros 6
Mozambique 6
Palau 4
Cocos Islands 3
Indonesia 3
Mayotte 3
China 2
Kiribati 2
Niue 2
Philippines 2
Tanzania 2
Vanuatu 2
Madagascar 1
Timor-Leste 1
Yemen 1

Showing the top 40 of 41 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.