Common name of Stegastes punctatus
 
Common name Farmerfish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Guam
Locality
Ref. Myers, R.F., 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Named after its habit of removing undesirable species of algae from dead corals covered with different species of algae to promote the growth of the desired species (Ref. 9710). 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979).
 
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