Stegastes diencaeus

Stegastes diencaeus
	juvenile
	adult
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	Pomacentridae
Genus:	Stegastes
Species:	S. diencaeus
Binomial name
	Stegastes diencaeus; (D.S. Jordan & Rutter, 1897)
Synonyms
	Eupomacentrus diencaeus Jordan & Rutter, 1897; Pomacentrus diencaeus (Jordan & Rutter, 1897); Eupomacentrus mellis Emery & Burgess, 1974; Stegastes mellis (Emery & Burgess, 1974);

Stegastes diencaeus, the longfin damselfish, is a damselfish in the family Pomacentridae from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 12.5 cm in length.[2]

References

Rocha, L.A. & Myers, R. (2015). "Stegastes diencaeus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T188592A1898995. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T188592A1898995.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Stegastes diencaeus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.

External links

Photos of Stegastes diencaeus on Sealife Collection

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[IUCN-1] Rocha, L.A. & Myers, R. (2015). "Stegastes diencaeus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T188592A1898995. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T188592A1898995.en.

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