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title: "Beaugregory"
description: "Stegastes leucostictus — Fish. Stegastes leucostictus is a species of damselfish found near the sea bed in shallow waters on the western fringes of the Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/beaugregory
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Beaugregory

> Stegastes leucostictus — Fish. Stegastes leucostictus is a species of damselfish found near the sea bed in shallow waters on the western fringes of the Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Stegastes leucostictus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2078
- Wikidata: [Q738910](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738910)
- iNaturalist taxon: [180708](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/180708)

## Names

- en: Beaugregory
- de: Schöner Gregory
- es: Jaqueta bonita
- fr: Beau grégoire

## Countries with the most observations

US (278), BS (139), MX (125), PR (107), JM (101), BZ (84), VI (81), HN (67), GP (54), CU (49), MQ (40), BM (35)

## Summary

Stegastes leucostictus is a species of damselfish found near the sea bed in shallow waters on the western fringes of the Atlantic Ocean. It is commonly known as the beau gregory or beaugregory.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegastes_leucostictus

## Photo

![Beaugregory](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/beaugregory/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25689730

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/beaugregory?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).