Biology:Stegastes punctatus

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Short description: Species of fish

Stegastes punctatus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Stegastes
Species:
S. punctatus
Binomial name
Stegastes punctatus
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pomacentrus punctatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
  • Pomacentrus prosopotaenioides Bleeker, 1852
  • Pomacentrus cyanospilos Bleeker, 1853
  • Pomacentrus kumkum Montrouzier, 1857
  • Eupomacentrus kumkum (Montrouzier, 1857)
  • Pomacentrus obscurus Thiollière, 1857

Stegastes punctatus, commonly known as the blunt snout gregory, is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region where it is found at depths down to 5 m (16 ft). Its range extends from the East African coast and the Red Sea to the Line Islands, the Society Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, the Bonin Islands, New Caledonia, Tonga and Micronesia.[2] It is a very territorial species and drives other fish away from its "garden" of filamentous algae.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14389505 entry