Stegastes apicalis
Australian Gregory
©Andy: Yellowtip Gregory at Magnetic Island
©David Witherall and Hannah Craven: Australian Gregory, Stegastes apicalis, Barry the Bommie, Normanby Island
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Pomacentridae
Genus
Stegastes
Species
Stegastes apicalis
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 15 cm (Total Length)
Depth range
- From 1 m to 5 m
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
Adults are found around dead coral outcrops, also in rubble areas in lagoons and on the outer edge of reefs (FishBase).
Web resources
References
- Chong-Seng, K.M., A.J. Cole, M.S. Pratchett and B.L. Willis (2011). Selective feeding by coral reef fishes on coral lesions associated with brown band and black band disease. Coral Reefs, 30: 473-484. LIRS catalog number 1395.
- Cooper, W.J., L.L. Smith and M.W. Westneat (2009). Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52: 1-16. LIRS catalog number 1221.
- Heatwole, S.J. and C.J. Fulton (2012). Behavioural flexibility in reef fishes responding to a rapidly changing wave environment. Marine Biology, doi: 10.1007/s00227-012-2123-2. LIRS catalog number 1586.
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