Caribbean Cocoa Damselfish

Stegastes xanthurus, also known as the Caribbean cocoa damselfish, is a species of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae, found on coral and rocky reefs in the Caribbean Sea and neighboring areas of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Caribbean Cocoa Damselfish 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

• Stegastes leucostictus
• Stegastes flavilatus
• Stegastes variabilis
• Stegastes diencaeus
• Pomacentrus simsiang

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Blenniiformes

Family

Pomacentridae

Genus

Stegastes

Species

Stegastes xanthurus

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