Coquito sergeant
| Coquito sergeant | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Pomacentrinae |
| Genus: | Nexilosus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903[3] |
| Species: | N. latifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Nexilosus latifrons | |
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The Coquito sergeant (Nexilosus latifrons), also knowns as the Coquito damsel, is a species of ray-finned fish, it is the only species in the monotypic genus Nexilosus which is classified in the family, Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is found on rocky coasts in the eastern Pacific Ocean off Peru and northern Chile, as well as the Galapagos Islands.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Allen, G.; Robertson, R.; Rivera, R.; Edgar, G.; Merlen, G.; Zapata, F. & Barraza, E. (2010). "Nexilosus latifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183789A8177399. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183789A8177399.en.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pomacentrus latifrons". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nexilosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Nexilosus latifrons" in FishBase. June 2018 version.