Biology:Coral Sea gregory

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Coral Sea gregory
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Stegastes
Species:
S. gascoynei
Binomial name
Stegastes gascoynei
(Whitley, 1964)

The Coral Sea gregory, Stegastes gascoynei, is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae in the western Pacific Ocean at depths between 1 and 30 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.[2] The specific name commemorates the Royal Australian Navy River-class frigate HMAS Gascoyne, from which the type specimen was collected.[3]

References

  1. Fricke, R. (2010). "Stegastes gascoynei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T154732A115228454. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154732A4621154.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/154732/115228454. {{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Stegastes gascoynei" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  3. "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 August 2018. https://www.etyfish.org/pomacentridae/. Retrieved 12 October 2018. 

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