WoRMS taxon details
Stegastes lividus (Forster, 1801)
AphiaID: 218848
AphiaID: 218848
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Pomacentrinae (Subfamily) > Stegastes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Stegastes Jenyns, 1840 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chaetodon lividus Forster, 1801 Eupomacentrus lividus (Forster, 1801) Parapomacentrus lividus (Forster, 1801) Pomacentrus lividus Forster, 1801 Segastes lividus (Forster, 1801) (misspelling) Stegastes robertsoni Randall, 2001 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: A territorial species commonly found in coral reef areas with dead staghorn corals. Feeds on filamentous algae supported by these dead corals. Frequently charge human intruders without hesitation, sometimes taking painful nips which are mildly alarming when unexpected. Particularly aggressive during reproductive periods. Emit a clicking noise during aggressive encounters. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218848 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Stegastes lividus (Forster, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218848 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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