Blunt snout gregory
Stegastes lividus
- Usual depth1–8 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 7 records
- February: 17 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 185 records
- May: 35 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 23 records
- August: 38 records
- September: 14 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–8 m · Deepest record: 26 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blunt snout gregory, blunt snout gregory, Marquesan Gregory, Tahuata gregory
Names in 5 more languages
- German
- Zimt-Demoisellefisch
- Spanish
- Chopita de la Polinesia Francesa
- French
- Grégoire Marquisien
- Japanese
- ハナナガスズメダイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 厚殼仔, 長吻眶鋸雀鯛, 長吻高身雀鯛, 长吻眶锯雀鲷
Other scientific names: Chaetodon lividus, Eupomacentrus lividus, Parapomacentrus lividus, Pomacentrus lividus, Pomacentrus virianus, Pomacentrus vitianus, Segastes lividus, Stegastes robertsoni
Similar species
Jewel DamselStegastes lacrymatus
- Whitebar gregory
Stegastes albifasciatus
- Black damselfish
Stegastes nigricans
- Caribbean Cocoa Damselfish
Stegastes xanthurus
Cow pilotAbudefduf saxatilis
Scissortail sergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 434 open-data records from 1801 to 2023.
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