Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Stegastes lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Stegastes is a genus of damselfish (Pomacentridae). The genus is found worldwide in shallow waters of tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. While juvenile fish are often very colorful, with bright yellow, blue, or red, adult fish are plain, dark, and mostly monochromatic, brownish or green-gray in color.
Stegastes lacrymatus: Dark body covered with evenly scattered small blue spots, sometimes only visible on large specimens upon close inspection or under artificial light. Bright white to yellow tail, which darkens with age, and often yellow eyes and dark scale edges. Individual fish may sometimes be light yellow-brown instead of dark, with all shades in between.
The fish live in holes and caves near the reef, but come out to aggressively defend their territory, hence the English name: White-spotted devil. A prettier name is jewel reef bass.
Similar to the Bluntsnout Gregory (Stegastes punctatus).
Synonymised names:
Abudefduf florulentus (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted
Abudefduf lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted
Glyphidodon florulentus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Glyphisodon lacrymatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · unaccepted
Glyphisodon nivosus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 · unaccepted
Plectoglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectrogliphidodon lacrimatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Plectroglypidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Stegastes is a genus of damselfish (Pomacentridae). The genus is found worldwide in shallow waters of tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. While juvenile fish are often very colorful, with bright yellow, blue, or red, adult fish are plain, dark, and mostly monochromatic, brownish or green-gray in color.
Stegastes lacrymatus: Dark body covered with evenly scattered small blue spots, sometimes only visible on large specimens upon close inspection or under artificial light. Bright white to yellow tail, which darkens with age, and often yellow eyes and dark scale edges. Individual fish may sometimes be light yellow-brown instead of dark, with all shades in between.
The fish live in holes and caves near the reef, but come out to aggressively defend their territory, hence the English name: White-spotted devil. A prettier name is jewel reef bass.
Similar to the Bluntsnout Gregory (Stegastes punctatus).
Synonymised names:
Abudefduf florulentus (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted
Abudefduf lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted
Glyphidodon florulentus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Glyphisodon lacrymatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · unaccepted
Glyphisodon nivosus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 · unaccepted
Plectoglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectrogliphidodon lacrimatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Plectroglypidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted (misspelling)
