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Stegastes lividus (Forster, 1801)

To FishBase images (<i>Stegastes lividus</i>, Thailand, by Winterbottom, R.)
To FishBase images (Stegastes lividus, Thailand, by Winterbottom, R.)

218848  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218848)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Ovalentaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Pomacentridae (Family)
  12. Stegastes (Genus)
  13. Stegastes lividus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon lividus Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 235 [details] 
Description A territorial species commonly found in coral reef areas with dead staghorn corals. Feeds on filamentous algae supported by...  
Description A territorial species commonly found in coral reef areas with dead staghorn corals. Feeds on filamentous algae supported by these dead corals. Frequently charge human intruders without hesitation, sometimes taking painful nips which are mildly alarming when unexpected. Particularly aggressive during reproductive periods. Emit a clicking noise during aggressive encounters.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Stegastes lividus (Forster, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218848 on 2025-04-30
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Stegastes robertsoni Randall, 2001) Randall, J. E. (2001). Four new damselfishes (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) from the Marquesas Islands. <em>Copeia.</em> 2001(1): 92-107. [details] 

original description (of Chaetodon lividus Forster, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 235 [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description A territorial species commonly found in coral reef areas with dead staghorn corals. Feeds on filamentous algae supported by these dead corals. Frequently charge human intruders without hesitation, sometimes taking painful nips which are mildly alarming when unexpected. Particularly aggressive during reproductive periods. Emit a clicking noise during aggressive encounters.  [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English blunt snout gregory  [details]
Japanese ハナナガスズメダイ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon lividus Forster, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Eupomacentrus lividus (Forster, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus vitianus Sauvage, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus lividus Forster, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stegastes lividus) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus virianus Sauvage, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus lividus Forster, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus vitianus Sauvage, 1879)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chaetodon lividus Forster, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Stegastes robertsoni Randall, 2001)
To FishBase images (Stegastes lividus, Thailand, by Winterbottom, R.) 
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 13 proteins) 
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon lividus Forster, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Stegastes robertsoni Randall, 2001)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Stegastes lividus</i>, Thailand, by Winterbottom, R.)
To FishBase images (Stegastes lividus, Thailand, by Winterbottom, R.)
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