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title: "Dusky Gregory"
description: "Stegastes nigricans — Ryby. Stegastes nigricans, the dusky farmerfish, is a species of damselfish found around coral reefs at a depth of one to 12 meters, in tropical climates between 30°S and 30°N."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/dusky-gregory
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dusky Gregory

> Stegastes nigricans — Ryby. Stegastes nigricans, the dusky farmerfish, is a species of damselfish found around coral reefs at a depth of one to 12 meters, in tropical climates between 30°S and 30°N.

- Scientific name: *Stegastes nigricans*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2256
- Wikidata: [Q2203259](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2203259)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49922](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49922)

## Names

- en: Dusky Gregory
- de: Schwarzer Georg
- es: Chopita negra
- fr: Grégoire Noir

## Countries with the most observations

NC (327), FJ (201), PF (157), EG (112), AU (97), RE (77), MU (54), MV (49), KE (44), CK (43), VU (41), GU (38)

## Summary

Stegastes nigricans, the dusky farmerfish, is a species of damselfish found around coral reefs at a depth of one to 12 meters, in tropical climates between 30°S and 30°N. They are known for farming monocultures of algae such as cyanophores and rhodophytes.

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

## Photo

![Dusky Gregory](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-gregory/medium.jpg)

Photo: Astrid Osborne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/367325683

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dusky-gregory?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).