Coral Sea gregory

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Coral Sea gregory
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Stegastes
Species:
S. gascoynei
Binomial name
Stegastes gascoynei
(Whitley, 1964)

The Coral Sea gregory, Stegastes gascoynei, is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae in the western Pacific Ocean at depths between 1 and 30 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.[2] The specific name commemorates the Royal Australian Navy River-class frigate HMAS Gascoyne, from which the type specimen was collected.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fricke, R. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Stegastes gascoynei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154732A115228454. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154732A4621154.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Stegastes gascoynei" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2018.