Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Cortez Damselfish - Juvenile
Stegastes rectifraenum
Cortez Damselfish
Category: Damselfishes
Scientific Name: Stegastes rectifraenum
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 3-40 ft. (1-12 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Ovalentaria (Order)
     └Pomacentridae (Family) Damselfishes
      └Microspathodontinae (Subfamily)
       └Stegastes (Genus)
        └S. rectifraenum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276680🔗
iNaturalist ID: 113107🔗

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