Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Pomacentridae > Stegastes > Stegastes fuscus

Stegastes fuscus (dusky damselfish; Demoiselle; Brazilian damsel)

Synonyms: Eupomacentrus fuscus; Pomacentrus fuscus; Stegastes trindadensis
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Papiamento; Polish; Portuguese

Wikipedia Abstract

Stegastes fuscus, the dusky damselfish, is a species of bony fish in the family Pomacentridae found near the seabed in shallow waters on the western fringes of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  
Saba Marine Park National Marine Park II 5573 Netherlands Antilles  
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Prey / Diet

Abudefduf saxatilis (Sergeant-major)[1]
Mitrella longissima (West Indian dovesnail)[2]
Syringodium filiforme (manatee grass)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Epinephelus striatus (Striped weakfish)[2]
Gymnothorax moringa (White-jawed moray eel)[1]
Lutjanus apodus (Schooly)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Schikhobalotrema pomacentri[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0