Stegastes adustus Dusky Damselfish, Scarlet-backed Demoiselle

Stegastes adustusis commonly referred to as Dusky Damselfish, Scarlet-backed Demoiselle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6742 

AphiaID:

276659 

Scientific:

Stegastes adustus 

German:

Riffbarsch 

English:

Dusky Damselfish, Scarlet-backed Demoiselle 

Category:

Damselfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Stegastes (Genus) > adustus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Troschel, ), 1865 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé e Principé, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

1 - 3 Meter 

Size:

3.15" - 5.91" (8cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Aquatic plant, Carrion, Detritus 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L) 

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Stegastes acapulcoensis
  Acapulco Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes adustus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes albifasciatus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes altus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes apicalis
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes arcifrons
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes aureus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes baldwini
  Riffbarsche
• 
  Stegastes beebei
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes diencaeus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes emeryi
  Emery´s Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes fasciolatus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes flavilatus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes fuscus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes gascoynei
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes imbricatus
  "Cape Verde" Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes insularis
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes leucorus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes leucostictus
  Schöner-Gregory-Barsch
• 
  Stegastes limbatus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes lividus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes lubbocki
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes nigricans
  Schwarzer Georg, Schwarzweißer Gregory
• 
  Stegastes obreptus
  Riffbarsch
• Stegastes otophorus
• 
  Stegastes partitus
  Zweifarben-Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes pelicieri
  Mauritius Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes pictus
  Gelbe Demoiselle
• 
  Stegastes planifrons
  Dreifleck-Georg
• 
  Stegastes punctatus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes rectifraenum
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes redemptus
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes rocasensis
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes sanctaehelenae
  Riffbarsch
• Stegastes sanctipauli
• 
  Stegastes uenfi
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes variabilis
  Riffbarsch
• 
  Stegastes xanthurus
  Riffbarsch
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Stegastes sp. 01
  Riffbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-14 20:27:28 

Last edit:

2018-11-01 11:03:15 

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