Abudefduf
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Abudefduf, also known as the sergeant-majors, is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.
| Abudefduf | |
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| Abudefduf sordidus Hawaii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Pomacentrinae |
| Genus: | Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon sordidus Forsskål, 1775[1] | |
The name is from Arabic abu, "the one with"; and def, "side", and the plural ending -duf. The name thus means "the one with prominent sides".[2]
General biology
The approximately 20 species of Abudefduf may be divided into planktivores (plankton eaters) and benthivores (shellfish eaters) and three broadly tropical living clades (groups).[3][4][5] Two of the Abudefduf clades are primarily benthivorous and a third clade is composed of planktivores and is the most species-rich. Most diversification (dfferent classes) has occurred in the last 10 million years within this genus across all clades.[6][7]
Species
The following 21 species are recognized in the genus Abudefduf:[8]
- Abudefduf abdominalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Green damselfish)
- Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) (Bengal sergeant)
- Abudefduf caudobimaculatus Okada & Ikeda, 1939[9] (Okinawa sergeant)
- Abudefduf concolor (T. N. Gill, 1862)
- Abudefduf conformis J. E. Randall & Earle, 1999
- Abudefduf declivifrons (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Mexican nightsergeant)
- Abudefduf hoefleri (Steindachner, 1881) (African sergeant)
- Abudefduf lorenzi Hensley & G. R. Allen, 1977 (Black-tail sergeant)
- Abudefduf margariteus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Pearly sergeant)
- Abudefduf natalensis Hensley & J. E. Randall, 1983 (Natal sergeant)
- Abudefduf nigrimargo Wibowo, Koeda, Muto & Motomura, 2018 (Black margined-scale sergeant)
- Abudefduf notatus (F. Day, 1870) (Yellowtail sergeant)
- Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sergeant-major)
- Abudefduf septemfasciatus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Banded sergeant)
- Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacépède, 1801) (Scissortail sergeant)
- Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) (Blackspot sergeant)
- Abudefduf sparoides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (False-eye sergeant)
- Abudefduf taurus (Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Night sergeant)
- Abudefduf troschelii (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Panamic sergeant-major)
- Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Indo-Pacific sergeant)
- Abudefduf whitleyi G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1974 (Whitley's sergeant)
Gallery
Abudefduf declivifrons
Abudefduf notatus
Abudefduf septemfasciatus
Abudefduf sordidus
Abudefduf sparoides
References
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