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Stegastes punctatus

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Species of fish

Stegastes punctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Stegastes
Species: S. punctatus
Binomial name
Stegastes punctatus
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
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. It is a very territorial species and drives other fish away from its "garden" of filamentous algae.

References

  1. Bailly, Nicolas (2013). "Stegastes punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. "Stegastes punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) : Blunt snout gregory". FishBase. Retrieved 2014-01-09.

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Taxon identifiers
Stegastes punctatus
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