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Stegastes

Tang, Kevin L.;Stiassny, Melanie L. J.;Mayden, Richard L.;DeSalle, Robert

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thumb|right|232px|Stegastes xanthurus|Caribbean cocoa damselfish (Stegastes xanthurus)

Species

クロソラスズメダイ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyPomacentridae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded369,526

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
599
With media
6
Family
Pomacentridae
Collections
ECOSUR, USNM, CUMV, SIO
Recorded in
Mexico, French Polynesia, Taiwan, Bahamas, Philippines, Australia, Indonesia

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Behaviour
  • In the aquarium
  • Species
  • References

thumb|right|232px|Stegastes xanthurus|Caribbean cocoa damselfish (Stegastes xanthurus)

Stegastes, commonly known as Gregories, is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Pomacentridae. Members of this genus are marine coastal fishes except for S. otophorus, which also occurs in brackish water. These fish are known by the names of damselfish, gregory and major. They are small tropical fish associated with coral and rocky reefs in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are sometimes found in the aquarium trade where they are an easy-to-keep fish, but they do not mix well with other fish of their own or other species because of their territorial habits and aggressiveness.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stegastes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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