Stegastes
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Stegastes is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae
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Pomacentridae
Pomacentridae are a family of perciform fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. They are primarily marine, while a few species inhabit freshwater and brackish environments . They are noted for their hardy constitutions and territoriality...
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Species
- Stegastes acapulcoensis (Fowler, 1944)
- Stegastes adustusStegastes adustusStegastes adustus, commonly called Dusky Damselfish or Scarlet-backed Demoiselle, is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae. It is found at one meter to three meters depths on surging and wavy coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea, the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of...
(Troschel in Müller, 1865) - Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel and Müller, 1839)
- Stegastes altus (Okada and Ikeda, 1937)
- Stegastes apicalis (De Vis, 1885)
- Stegastes arcifrons (Heller and Snodgrass, 1903)
- Stegastes aureus (Fowler, 1927)
- Stegastes baldwini Allen and Woods, 1980
- Stegastes beebei (Nichols, 1924)
- Stegastes diencaeusStegastes diencaeusStegastes diencaeus is a Damselfish from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 12.5cm in length....
(Jordan and Rutter, 1897) - Stegastes dorsopunicans (Poey, 1868)
- Stegastes emeryi (Allen and Randall, 1974)
- Stegastes fasciolatus (Ogilby, 1889)
- Stegastes flavilatus 'Beaubrummel' (Gill, 1862)
- Stegastes fuscus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Stegastes gascoynei 'Coral sea gregoryCoral sea gregoryThe Coral Sea gregory, Stegastes gascoynei, is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae in the western Pacific Ocean at depths of between 1 and 30 m. Its length is up to 15 cm....
' (Whitley, 1964) - Stegastes imbricatus Jenyns, 1840
- Stegastes insularis Allen and Emery, 1985
- Stegastes leucorus (Gilbert, 1892)
- Stegastes leucostictus (Müller and Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848)
- Stegastes limbatus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Stegastes lividus (Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
- Stegastes lubbocki Allen and Smith, 1992
- Stegastes nigricansStegastes nigricansStegastes nigricans or dusky farmerfish is a species of damselfish found around coral reefs at a depth of 1 to 12 meters.S. nigricans practices a form of agriculture with a species of red algae. The fish will claim a patch of "brown carpet algae" which it defends by chasing away other fish and sea...
(Lacépède, 1802) - Stegastes obreptus (Whitley, 1948)
- Stegastes otophorus (Poey, 1860)
- Stegastes partitus (Poey, 1868)
- Stegastes pelicieri Allen and Emery, 1985
- Stegastes pictus (Castelnau, 1855)
- Stegastes planifronsStegastes planifronsStegastes planifrons is a Damselfish from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 13cm in length....
(Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830) - Stegastes rectifraenum (Gill, 1862)
- Stegastes redemptus (Heller and Snodgrass, 1903)
- Stegastes robertsoni Randall, 2001
- Stegastes rocasensis (Emery, 1972)
- Stegastes sanctaehelenaeStegastes sanctaehelenaeStegastes sanctaehelenae is a species of fish in the Pomacentridae family. It is endemic to Saint Helena.-Source:* Roberts, C. 1996. . Downloaded on 5 August 2007....
(Sauvage, 1879) - Stegastes sanctipauliStegastes sanctipauliStegastes sanctipauli is a species of fish in the Pomacentridae family. It is endemic to Brazil.-Source:* Roberts, C. 1996. . Downloaded on 5 August 2007....
Lubbock and Edwards, 1981 - Stegastes trindadensis Gasparini, Moura, and Sazima, 1999
- Stegastes uenfi Novelli, Nunan and Lima, 2000
- Stegastes variabilisStegastes variabilisThe cocoa damselfish, stegastes variabilis, is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae, found on coral and rocky reefs in the Caribbean Sea and neighboring areas in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico....
'Cocoa damselfish' (Castelnau, 1855)