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Updated 5/18/2019

Family Pomacentridae

INDO-PACIFIC

Stegastes nigricans

Faga'alu, Tutuila, American Samoa, 6 feet

 



Palau


Nuptial color, Palau


Juvenile, Palau
 

DUSKY GREGORY

Common in Acropora thickets in lagoons where it farms filamentous algae.  Has a black spot on base of the soft dorsal fin and pectoral base, pink-violet marks on face.  Attains 5.5 inches.  Red Sea to French Polynesia, excluding Hawai'i.