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Created 4/8/2020
Family Pomacentridae
TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC Stegastes
xanthurus
Key Largo, FL
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Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
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Blue Heron Bridge, FL |
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COCOA DAMSELFISH
Common on reefs at any depth. Brown with yellow
below, dark scale margins, black spot on caudal peduncle; juvenile
yellow with blue above, ocellus on dorsal fin, blue spot on caudal
peduncle. Attains 5 inches.
Florida to Venezuela & the Gulf of Mexico. Recently separated
from Stegastes variabilis from Southern Brazil. |
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