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Mark Rosenstein, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ovalentaria
Family:
Pomacentridae
Subfamily:
Microspathodontinae
Genus:
Stegastes
Species:
lacrymatus
Common:
Whitespotted devil
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
Parmentier, E., Vandewalle, P., Frédérich, B., Fine, M. L. 2006. Sound Production in Two Species of Damselfishes (Pomacentridae): Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus and Dascyllus aruanus. Journal of Fish Biology, 69(2): 491-503.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Heenan, A. 2010. The Behaviour of Settling Coral Reef Fishes and Supplementary Management Tools. PhD Dissertation, University of Edinburgh.
Frédérich, B., Olivier, D., Litsios, G., Alfaro, M. E., Parmentier, E. 2014. Trait Decoupling Promotes Evolutionary Diversification of the Trophic and Acoustic System of Damselfishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1789).