Stegastes adustus

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]

Stegastes adustus
Stegastes adustus (centre) with Chromis multilineata and Ophioblennius macclurei
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

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
  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.
  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. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
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