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Dusky farmerfish
Stegastes nigricans
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Dusky farmerfish
- Scientific
- Stegastes nigricans
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 14 cm (total length); commonly 9 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 12 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A brown damselfish with darker scale edges and a dark spot at the base of the tail, reaching about 14 cm. It lives in colonies among staghorn coral and cultivates and weeds its own patch of algae, fiercely defending it.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Stegastes-nigricans.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Stegastes_nigricans_1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.