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title: "Acapulco Major"
description: "Stegastes acapulcoensis — Poissons. Stegastes acapulcoensis, commonly called the Acapulco major, the Acapulco damselfish, or the Acapulco gregory, is a species of damselfish of the family Pomacentridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/acapulco-major
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Acapulco Major

> Stegastes acapulcoensis — Poissons. Stegastes acapulcoensis, commonly called the Acapulco major, the Acapulco damselfish, or the Acapulco gregory, is a species of damselfish of the family Pomacentridae.

- Scientific name: *Stegastes acapulcoensis*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 2088
- Wikidata: [Q2632915](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632915)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113101](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113101)

## Names

- en: Acapulco Major
- es: Jaqueta acapulqueña

## Countries with the most observations

MX (915), CR (494), PA (127), EC (125), CO (29), NI (19), SV (6), PE (5)

## Summary

Stegastes acapulcoensis, commonly called the Acapulco major, the Acapulco damselfish, or the Acapulco gregory, is a species of damselfish of the family Pomacentridae. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Acapulco Major](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/acapulco-major/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tia Tyler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358073419

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/acapulco-major?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).