Stegastes nigricans, the dusky farmerfish, is a species of damselfish found around coral reefs at a depth of one to 12 meters, in tropical climates between 30°S and 30°N. They are known for farming monocultures of algae such as cyanophores and rhodophytes.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dusky Gregory being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon
- Stegastes punctatus
- Pomacentrus wardi
- Pomacentrus brachialis
- Stegastes albifasciatus
- Plectroglyphidodon fasciolatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Stegastes
- Species
- Stegastes nigricans
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