Stegastes nigricans

Stegastes nigricans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Stegastinae
Genus: Stegastes
Species: Stegastes nigricans

Name

Stegastes nigricans (Lacepède, 1802)

Holotype: No types known.

Type locality: Probably Mauritius.

Synonyms

• Abudefduf tamaii Aoyagi, 1941
• Eupomacentrus nigricans (Lacepède, 1802)
• Holocentrus nigricans Lacepède, 1802
• Parapomacentrus nigricans (Lacepède, 1802)
• Pomacentrus nigricans (Lacepède, 1802)
• Pomacentrus scolopseus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
• Pomacentrus scolopsis Günther, 1862
• Pomacentrus subniger De Vis, 1885
• Pomacentrus taeniops Cuvier, 1830

References

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1802: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16.
• Allen, G.R. 1991: Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp.
• Stegastes nigricans in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Dusky Farmerfish