Stegastes diencaeus

Stegastes diencaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Stegastinae
Genus: Stegastes
Species: Stegastes diencaeus

Name

Stegastes diencaeus (Jordan & Rutter, 1897)

Lectotype: SU 4969. [Paralectotypes: SU 14901 (ex SU 4969) (1)].

Type locality: Kingston, Jamaica.

Synonyms

• Eupomacentrus diencaeus Jordan & Rutter, 1897
• Eupomacentrus mellis Emery & Burgess, 1974
• Pomacentrus diencaeus (Jordan & Rutter, 1897)
• Stegastes mellis (Emery & Burgess, 1974)

References

• Jordan, D.S. and C. Rutter 1897: A collection of fishes made by Joseph Seed Roberts in Kingston, Jamaica. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 49: 91–133.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Stegastes diencaeus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Longfin Damselfish