WoRMS taxon details
Stegastes limbatus (Cuvier, 1830)
218846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218846)
accepted
Species
Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus ater Bleeker, 1879 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pomacentrus ater Liénard, 1891 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus madagascariensis Sauvage, 1882 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus pristiger Valenciennes, 1833 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 477 [details]
page(s): 477 [details]
Description Seen near the lagoon entrance exposed to mild wave action, depth at 0.2 to 1 m and the bottom dominated by small boulders.
Description Seen near the lagoon entrance exposed to mild wave action, depth at 0.2 to 1 m and the bottom dominated by small boulders. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Stegastes limbatus (Cuvier, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218846 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomacentrus madagascariensis Sauvage, 1882) Sauvage, H.-E. (1882). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 6: 168-176. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus pristiger Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 477 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus pristiger Valenciennes, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517 [details]
original description (of Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i-xxviii + 1-499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100-140. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xx + 1-374 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 477 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Seen near the lagoon entrance exposed to mild wave action, depth at 0.2 to 1 m and the bottom dominated by small boulders. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | ebony gregory | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus pristiger Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus madagascariensis Sauvage, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stegastes limbatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus pristiger Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus madagascariensis Sauvage, 1882)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stegastes limbatus FIN032667 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stegastes limbatus FIN032668 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus pristiger Valenciennes, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus madagascariensis Sauvage, 1882)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stegastes limbatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus pristiger Valenciennes, 1833)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus madagascariensis Sauvage, 1882)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Glyphisodon limbatus Cuvier, 1830)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stegastes limbatus FIN032667 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stegastes limbatus FIN032668 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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