Scientific Name	Stegastes nigricans   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Lacepède, 1802)	Depth	0 - 12M
Chinese	黑高身雀鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	雀鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F411　Pomacentridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑眶鋸雀鯛
Max Length	14 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	厚殼仔、黑婆(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	probably Mauritius
Synonyms	Abudefduf tamaii, Abudefduf tsamaii, Eupomacentrus nigricans, Holocentrus nigricans, Parapomacentrus nigricans, Pomacentrus lividus, Pomacentrus nigricans, Pomacentrus scolopseus, Pomacentrus scolopsis, Pomacentrus subniger, Pomacentrus taeniops, Segastes nigricans
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2005)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Lacepede, B. G. E. 1802 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0057075. ASIZP0059160. ASIZP0059178. ASIZP0059195. ASIZP0059548. ASIZP0069578. ASIZP0069905. ASIZP0069911. ASIZP0071930. ASIZP0073149. ASIZP0073557. ASIZP0073569. ASIZP0700301. ASIZP0803309. ASIZP0803310. ASIZP0806106. ASIZP0806118. ASIZP0913309. ASIZP0913310. ASIZP0916106. ASIZP0916118. NMMBP00401. NMMBP00410. NMMBP00429. NMMSTP00003. NTOUP201203-030. NTUM02122.
Barcode	2012-10-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% ,,CO1,100% ,,CO1,100%
Common Name	Dusky gregory; Dusky farmerfish; Black damsel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal rays XII, 14-17; Anal rays II, 12-14; pectoral rays 18-20; lateral-line scales 18-20; body depth 1.9-2.0 times in standard length. Upper and lower accessory caudal rays not spinous. Posterior margin of preopercle serrated, subopercle smooth. Both jaws with uniserial teeth. Upper and lower lobes of caudal fin without filamentous posterior rays. Adults generally brown; dorsal part of head and nape darker, grading to tan on lower part of head and breast; scales with darker brown margins; lips whitish; suborbital mostly blue; preopercle and opercle scales with blue centers; a well-defined dark brown or blackish spot at base of posteriormost dorsal rays.
habitats	Inhabits reef flats and lagoon reefs. Frequently occurs in colonies associated with live or dead branching staghorn coral. Feeds on algae, gastropods, sponges, and copepods. Territorial, maintains and 'weeds' filamentous algae patches growing on dead cora
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to the Line, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ryukyu and Bonin islands, south to New Caledonia and Tonga; throughout Micronesia. Excluding the Hawaiian Islands. It is found in southe
Utility	Popular aquarium fishes.