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Sergeant Majors
Abudefduf
Abudefduf is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. They are also known as the sergeant-majors. The name Abudefduf comes from Arabic word ابو دفدوف abu, "the one with"; and def, "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. Thus, the genus' name means "the one with prominent sides".
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 21 known species
Atlantic Sergeant Major
speciesAbudefduf saxatilis
Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major
speciesAbudefduf vaigiensis
Scissortail Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf sexfasciatus
Blackspot Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf sordidus
Panamic Sergeant Major
speciesAbudefduf troschelii
Bengal Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf bengalensis
Banded Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf septemfasciatus
Whitley's Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf whitleyi
Hawaiian Sergeant Major
speciesAbudefduf abdominalis
Night Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf taurus
Dusky Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf concolor
Mexican Nightsergeant
speciesAbudefduf declivifrons
False-eye Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf sparoides
Yellowtail Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf notatus
Black-tail Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf lorenzi
Natal Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf natalensis
Hawaiian × Indo-Pacific Sergeant
hybridAbudefduf abdominalis × vaigiensis
African Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf hoefleri
Okinawa Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf caudobimaculatus
pearly sergeant
speciesAbudefduf margariteus
Marquesan Sergeant
speciesAbudefduf conformis
Taiwanese sergeant
speciesAbudefduf nigrimargo
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48312.