Specimen Information

Stegastes leucorus
Stegastes leucorus
(whitetail damselfish)
Marine Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1617515
GroupMarine Fishes
GenusStegastes
Speciesleucorus
Common Namewhitetail damselfish
StateCA
CountySan Diego
LocalityPacific Ocean, La Jolla shores
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSan Diego
HUC8 Number18070304
HUC10 NameMission Beach-Frontal Pacific Ocean
HUC10 Number1807030413
HUC12 NameMission Beach-Frontal Pacific Ocean
HUC12 Number180703041300
Map
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Collection Day25
Collection Month10
Collection Year2015
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:33636
Author:Love, M.S., W.W. Bushing, and W. Power.
Date:2016
Title:The whitetail damselfish (Family Pomacentridae), Stegastes leucorus (Gilbert, 1892), new to California marine waters with a key to the California species of Pomacentridae.
Journal:Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
Volume:115
Issue:2
Pages:136-139
Record TypePersonal communication
Freshwater/MarineMarine
Year Classjuvenile


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [4/18/2024].

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