Stegastes gascoynei

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 gascoynei

Name

Stegastes gascoynei (Whitley, 1964)

Holotype: AMS IB.4987. [Paratypes: AMS IB.4856 (1), IB.4950 (1), IB.4984-86 (1, 1, 1), IB.4988-89 (1, 1)].

Type locality: Kenn Reef, Coral Sea.

Synonyms

• Pseudopomacentrus gascoynei Whitley, 1964

References

• Whitley, G.P. 1964: Fishes from the Coral Sea and the Swain Reefs. Records of the Australian Museum, 26(5): 145–195, Pls. 8-10.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Stegastes gascoynei in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Coral Sea Gregory