Summary ²

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.

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1. (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegastes_nigricans

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