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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyPomacentridae
  5. ›genusStegastes
Stegastes imbricatus
Jean-Paul Boerekamps (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.
IUCN LC · Least concern

Cape Verde Gregory

Stegastes imbricatus Jenyns, 1840

Also calledChopita de Cabo Verde (spa) · Damisel·la de Macaronèsia (cat) · Donzela-da-Macaronésia (por) · Westafrikanischer-Demoisellefisch (deu)

First described in: Jenyns, L. (1840-42). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29. [Sherborn 1897 [ref. 13554] dates to Jan. 1840 (pp. 1-32), June 1840 (33-64), Apr. 1841 (65-96), Apr. 1842 (97-172).].

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2398698.