
Cocoa Damselfish
Stegastes xanthurus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 566
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Stegastes xanthurus”.