🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Spotted-cheek Damselfish live?

Pomacentrus spilotoceps has 1,458 records in 6 countries and territories, from 1983 to 2026. Most records come from Tonga.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesPomacentridaePomacentrus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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
Tonga 1,329
Fiji 115
Philippines 7
New Caledonia 4
Indonesia 2
French Polynesia 1

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