Coral Sea gregory | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Pomacentridae |
Genus: | Stegastes |
Species: | S. gascoynei
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Binomial name | |
Stegastes gascoynei (Whitley, 1964)
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The Coral Sea gregory (Stegastes gascoynei) is a damselfish of the family Pomacentridae in the western Pacific Ocean at depths between 1 and 30 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.[2] The specific name commemorates the Royal Australian Navy River-class frigate HMAS Gascoyne, from which the type specimen was collected.[3]