Stegastes pictus
Yellowtip damselfish
Stegastes pictus, Abrolhos Islands, Brazil, Photo: Graham EdgarSame Genus
Distribution
Description
Dark grey-brown with yellow pectoral fins, tail fin and rear of dorsal fin, iris yellow, and outer eye blue. Lower tail lobe sometimes black. Aggressively territorial, chasing other fish out of their territory.
Information
Max Size: 8 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 24.6-28.1°C
Depth: N/A
Habitat Generalization Index: N/A
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Widespread (66.7% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (15 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.