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Stegastes, commonly known as Gregories, is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Pomacentridae. Members of this genus are marine coastal fishes except for S. otophorus, which also occurs in brackish water. [3] These fish are known by the names of damselfish, gregory and major.
Through folk etymology, the name also became associated with Latin grex (stem greg–) meaning "flock" or "herd". This association with a shepherd who diligently guides his flock contributed to the name's popularity among monks and popes. Sixteen popes and two antipopes have used the name Gregorius, starting with Pope Gregory I (Gregory
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously updated by the curator emeritus of the CAS fish collection, William N. Eschmeyer.
Stegastes leucostictus is a fairly deep-bodied, oval, laterally compressed bony fish, and grows to about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. It is rather variable in colour, but is generally dark blue or brown along the top of the head and the ridge of the back and yellowish on the flanks.
Fish account for more than half of vertebrate species. As of 2016, there are over 32,000 described species of bony fish, over 1,100 species of cartilaginous fish, and over 100 hagfish and lampreys. A third of these fall within the nine largest families; from largest to smallest, these are Cyprinidae , Gobiidae , Cichlidae , Characidae ...
The remaining species are found in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific. [citation needed] Some species are native to freshwater or brackish estuarine environments. [3] [8] Most members of the family live in shallow water, from 2 to 15 m (6 ft 7 in to 49 ft 3 in) in depth, although some species (e.g., Chromis abyssus) are found below 100 m (330 ft). [9]
Grigori, the name of the titular dragon in the computer game Dragon's Dogma; Grigori Panteleevich Melekhov, in And Quiet Flows the Don; Octopus Grigori, an aggressive octopus in Gravity's Rainbow; Grigori Weaver, a Russian Special Agent, part of the CIA in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Stegastes marginatus, commonly called the Hawaiian gregory, is a species of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It feeds on filamentous algae . Distribution and habitat