Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Ovalentaria (Order)
└Pomacentridae (Family)
└Pomacentrinae (Subfamily)
└Stegastes (Genus)
└S. rectifraenum (Species)
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