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(Castelnau, 1855)
The cocoa damselfish, Stegastes variabilis, is a damselfish in the family Pomacentridae, found on coral and rocky reefs in the Caribbean Sea.
Adults fishes feed mainly on benthic algae, juvenile feed on invertebrates such as harpacticoid copepods.
Its easy to keep in reeftank but juveniles are aggressively territorial.
Synonyms:
Eupomacentrus chrysus Bean, 1906
Eupomacentrus variabilis (Castelnau, 1855)
Pomacentrus flaviventer Troschel, 1865
Pomacentrus variabilis Castelnau, 1855
Pomacentrus xanthurus Poey, 1860
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Stegastes (Genus) > Stegastes variabilis (Species)
The cocoa damselfish, Stegastes variabilis, is a damselfish in the family Pomacentridae, found on coral and rocky reefs in the Caribbean Sea.
Adults fishes feed mainly on benthic algae, juvenile feed on invertebrates such as harpacticoid copepods.
Its easy to keep in reeftank but juveniles are aggressively territorial.
Synonyms:
Eupomacentrus chrysus Bean, 1906
Eupomacentrus variabilis (Castelnau, 1855)
Pomacentrus flaviventer Troschel, 1865
Pomacentrus variabilis Castelnau, 1855
Pomacentrus xanthurus Poey, 1860
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Stegastes (Genus) > Stegastes variabilis (Species)