Stegastes diencaeus Longfin damselfish

Stegastes diencaeusis commonly referred to as Longfin damselfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 276666

Scientific:: Stegastes diencaeus
German:: Riffbarsch
English:: Longfin Damselfish

Category:: Damselfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Stegastes (Genus) > diencaeus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Jordan & Rutter, ), 1897

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 2 - 45 Meter
Size:: up to 5.12" (13 cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Krill, Mysis, Zooplankton
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
Difficulty:: Average
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-07-04 13:31:32
Last edit:: 2020-04-10 17:22:12

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Longfin damselfish

Adults inhabit coral and rocky reefs of sheltered lagoons and inshore areas. Territorial and pugnacious

Synonyms:
Eupomacentrus diencaeus Jordan & Rutter, 1897
Eupomacentrus mellis Emery & Burgess, 1974
Pomacentrus diencaeus (Jordan & Rutter, 1897)
Stegastes mellis (Emery & Burgess, 1974)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Stegastes (Genus) > Stegastes diencaeus (Species)

Scientific paper

Short-term behavioral consequences of territory relocation in a Caribbean damselfish, Stegastes diencaeus, McDougall, P. T.; Kramer, D. L. , 2006

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Juvenile

Copyright Mark A. Steele, Discovery Bay, Jamaika

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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