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title: "Jewel Damsel"
description: "Stegastes lacrymatus — Vissen. Stegastes lacrymatus, the whitespotted devil, also known as the jewel damselfish, lives in the Indo-Pacific and can grow up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/jewel-damsel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Jewel Damsel

> Stegastes lacrymatus — Vissen. Stegastes lacrymatus, the whitespotted devil, also known as the jewel damselfish, lives in the Indo-Pacific and can grow up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length.

- Scientific name: *Stegastes lacrymatus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2135
- Wikidata: [Q116179783](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116179783)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1325088](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1325088)

## Names

- en: Jewel Damsel
- de: Juwelen-Demoisellefisch
- es: Chopita joya
- fr: Demoiselle à points bleus

## Countries with the most observations

NC (319), ID (216), FJ (160), PH (120), EG (105), AU (72), MV (53), KE (52), TH (40), JP (35), GU (31), TZ (30)

## Summary

Stegastes lacrymatus, the whitespotted devil, also known as the jewel damselfish, lives in the Indo-Pacific and can grow up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegastes_lacrymatus

## Photo

![Jewel Damsel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jewel-damsel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90879585

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/jewel-damsel?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).