Stegastes albifasciatus

Stegastes albifasciatus, known commonly as the whitebar gregory or white-banded gregory, is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae native to the western Indo-Pacific. Its range extends from the Seychelles and Réunion to the Ryukyu Islands, the Tuamoto Islands, and New Caledonia,[2] where it is found on reef flats, reef margins and lagoons on patches of rubble or reef rock with live corals, particularly in areas of moderate water movement.[1]

Stegastes albifasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Stegastes
Species:
S. albifasciatus
Binomial name
Stegastes albifasciatus
Synonyms
  • Pomacentrus albifasciatus Schlegel & Müller, 1839
  • Eupomacentrus albifasciatus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839)
  • Eupomacentrus albofasciatus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839)
  • Parapomacentrus albifasciatus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839)
  • Pomacentrus leucopleura Bleeker, 1854
  • Pomacentrus eclipticus D.S. Jordan & Seale, 1906

References
  1. Bailly, Nicolas (2013). "Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. "Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839): Whitebar gregory". FishBase. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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