Stegastes rocasensis

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 rocasensis

Name

Stegastes rocasensis (Emery, 1972)

Holotype: USNM 202177. [Paratypes: ANSP 109422 (4); FMNH 74077 (12); UF 19286 (ex TABL 100816) (orig. 7, now 4), 223693 (ex UMML 23693) (26); USNM 202178 (4), 208561 (ex TABL 100816) (3)].

Type locality: Lagoon off Atol das Rocas, northern Brazil, 3°56'S, 33°49'W, depth 0.3 meters.

Synonyms

• Eupomacentrus rocasensis Emery, 1972
• Pomacentrus rocasensis (Emery, 1972)

References

• Emery, A.R. 1972: A new species of damselfish (Pisces: Pomacentridae) from the eastern coast of South America. Copeia, 1972 (2): 330–335.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Stegastes rocasensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Rocas Gregory