Pomacentridae

cocoa damselfish

Stegastes variabilis

Pomacentrid Fish beneath Western Atlantic

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Stegastes variabilis, commonly known as the Brazilian cocoa damselfish, is a species of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae, found on coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean and off Brazil. They are often solitary fish.