Stegastes adustus

Stegastes adustus
	Stegastes adustus (centre) with Chromis multilineata and Ophioblennius macclurei
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	Pomacentridae
Genus:	Stegastes
Species:	S. adustus
Binomial name
	Stegastes adustus; (Castelnau, 1855)
Synonyms
	Pomacentrus adustus Troschel, 1865; Pomacentrus dorsopunicans Poey, 1868; Stegastes dorsopunicans (Poey, 1868); Pomacentrus obscuratus Poey, 1876; Eupomacentrus rubridorsalis Beebe & Hollister, 1933;

Stegastes adustus, the dusky damselfish or scarlet-backed demoiselle, is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae found at one- to three-meter depths on surging and wavy coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea, the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico.^[2]

Feeding

Adults feed on algae, plants, and detritus. S. adustus exhibits different feeding behaviors between those that live in coral rubble and patch reef habitats.^[3]

References

^ Rocha, L.A. & Myers, R. (2015). "Stegastes adustus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T188551A1891577. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T188551A1891577.en.
^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). Stegastes adustus in FishBase. December 2008 version.
^ Di Santo, V; Pomory, CM; Bennett, WA (2009). "Algal Garden Cultivation and Guarding Behavior of Dusky Damselfish on Coral Rubble and Intact Reef in Dry Tortugas National Park". In: Pollock NW, ed. Diving for Science 2009. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 28th Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-07.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

http://www.fishbase.us/TrophicEco/DietCompoList.php?ID=12416
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[IUCN-1] Rocha, L.A. & Myers, R. (2015). "Stegastes adustus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T188551A1891577. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T188551A1891577.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). Stegastes adustus in FishBase. December 2008 version.

[AAUS2009-3] Di Santo, V; Pomory, CM; Bennett, WA (2009). "Algal Garden Cultivation and Guarding Behavior of Dusky Damselfish on Coral Rubble and Intact Reef in Dry Tortugas National Park". In: Pollock NW, ed. Diving for Science 2009. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 28th Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-07.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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Stegastes adustus

Feeding

References

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