WoRMS taxon details
Stegastes leucostictus (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
159291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159291)
accepted
Species
Eupomacentrus leucostictus (Müller & Troschel, 1848) · unaccepted
Eupomacentrus nepenthe Nichols, 1921 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus analis Poey, 1868 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus atrocyaneus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus caudalis Poey, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pomacentrus cuadalis Poey, 1868 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pomacentrus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1848 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus leucosticus Müller & Troschel, 1848 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pomacentrus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1848) Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Maine, including southern Florida (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
Distribution Western Atlantic: Maine, including southern Florida (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Stegastes leucostictus (Müller & Troschel, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159291 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomacentrus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1848) Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London. i-xx + 1-722. 7 pls. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Maine, including southern Florida (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (306 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus atrocyaneus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus analis Poey, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Eupomacentrus nepenthe Nichols, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Eupomacentrus leucostictus (Müller & Troschel, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stegastes leucostictus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus analis Poey, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Eupomacentrus nepenthe Nichols, 1921)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus atrocyaneus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus leucosticus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus caudalis Poey, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Eupomacentrus leucostictus (Müller & Troschel, 1848))
To FishBase images (Stegastes leucostictus, by Marsden, A.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 57 proteins) (from synonym Pomacentrus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stegastes leucostictus RAD112394-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus atrocyaneus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus analis Poey, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Eupomacentrus nepenthe Nichols, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Eupomacentrus leucostictus (Müller & Troschel, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stegastes leucostictus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus analis Poey, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Eupomacentrus nepenthe Nichols, 1921)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus atrocyaneus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus leucosticus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus caudalis Poey, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Eupomacentrus leucostictus (Müller & Troschel, 1848))
To FishBase images (Stegastes leucostictus, by Marsden, A.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 57 proteins) (from synonym Pomacentrus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Stegastes leucostictus RAD112394-001)
To ITIS
