Species: Stegastes baldwini, Baldwin's major, Clipperton gregory


Stegastes baldwini Allen & Woods, 1980
Clipperton gregory, Baldwin's major
Body oval, compressed; 1 pair of nostrils; margin of preopercle serrated; margin of bone under eye serrated, without notch it and the bone before it; mouth small, protrusible; teeth in single row, long and close-set; lower gill rakers 12-13; a single continuous dorsal fin, XII, 15 (rarely 16); anal rays II, 13; pectoral rays 21 (rarely 22); adult males without microscopic papilla on outer half of pectoral fin; no projecting short spines at upper and lower base of tail fin; caudal fin bluntly forked; scales are moderately large and rough; body scaled, head largely scaled (snout scaled to nostrils), as are the basal parts of the median fins; lateral-line scales 20 (rarely 21); lateral line incomplete, ends under end of dorsal fin base.
Dark brown with darker scale outlines; yellow lips; blue iris; head & front of body may change to yellow oryellowish brown; a broad white band on caudal peduncle. Juvenile black, with blue spots around eye; tail with white base and clear fin; edges of dorsal,anal and pelvic fins neon blue.
Maximum length to 13 cm.
Habitat: coral reefs.
Abundant in shallow (0-30 m) water. But extends down to 100 m.
Known only from Clipperton Island.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Corals
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Omnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Sessile worms
- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Sessile crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- All species
- Island (s) only
- Island (s)
- Clipperton Island endemic
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Near threatened
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 13
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 100