Cocoa damselfish
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- Latin
- Stegastes variabilis
- Family
- Pomacanthidae
- Fishbase Url
- http://www.fishbase.org/summary/3654
- Maximum Size
- 12cm, 5"
- Minimum Tank Size
- 251 to 500 litres
- Care level
- Easy
- Reef Compatibility
- Yes
- Group compatibility
- Keep singly
- Temperament
- Generally aggresive
- Compatibility with hard corals
- No Issues
- Compatibility with soft corals
- No Issues
- Compatibility with Invertabrates
- No Issues
- Feeding
- Mixture of good quality flake, pellets, frozen food which should have a content of algae
- Origin (from Fishbase)
- Western Atlantic: Brazil. Caribbean (described from Cuban specimens) species refers to Stegastes xanthurus (formerly considered as a junior synonym of S. variabilis). Populations from Brazil and the Caribbean are genetically very distinct (Roberstson & van Tassell, 2012; accessed 08 August 2016; http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbean/en/thefishes/species/3884).
- Image Copyright notice
- By USGS - Individual photographer uncredited by source. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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