Stegastes adustus, also known as the dusky damselfish or scarlet-backed demoiselle, is a species of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae. It is 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Stegastes |
| Species: | S. adustus
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| Stegastes adustus (Castelnau, 1855)
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Feeding
editAdults 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
edit- ^ 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.
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External links
edit- http://www.fishbase.us/TrophicEco/DietCompoList.php?ID=12416
- Photos of Stegastes adustus on Sealife Collection