Abudefduf
Abudefduf, also known as the sergeant-majors, is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Pomacentrinae |
| Genus: | Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 |
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| Chaetodon sordidus Forsskål, 1775[1]
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The name is from the Arabic words abu ("the one with") and def ("side"), with 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), with three broadly tropical living clades (groups).[3][4][5] Two of the Abudefduf clades are primarily benthivorous and a third clade (the most species-rich) is composed of planktivores. Most diversification (evolution into different 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 Media
Hawaiian sergeant (Abufdefduf abdominalis) Image ID: corl0096, NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection* Location: Hawaii, NWHI* Photo Date: 2014 Photographer: Kevin Lino NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/ESD
Abudefduf bengalensis
Photo of Okinawa Sergeant (undefined) uploaded from iNaturalist.
Dusky Sergeant (Abudefduf concolor) in Ecuador
Photo of Black-tail Sergeant uploaded from iNaturalist.
Photo of Natal Sergeant (undefined) uploaded from iNaturalist.
Yellowtail Sergeant (Abudefduf notatus) in Thailand
Photo of Atlantic Sergeant Major (undefined) uploaded from iNaturalist.
Banded Sergeant (Abudefduf septemfasciatus) in Norfolk Island
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References
- ↑ 'Abudefduf'. Catalog of FishesCalifornia Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ Hensley (1978). Revision of the Indo-West Pacific species of Abudefduf (Pisces: Pomacentridae). University of South Florida.
- ↑ Aguilar-Medrano, Rosalía. Ecomorphological diversification in reef fish of the genus Abudefduf (Percifomes, Pomacentridae) (in en). Zoomorphology 135 (1) (2015-12-17). p. 103–114. doi:10.1007/s00435-015-0291-6.
- ↑ Frédérich, Bruno. Iterative Ecological Radiation and Convergence during the Evolutionary History of Damselfishes (Pomacentridae) (in en). The American Naturalist 181 (1) (January 2013). p. 94–113. doi:10.1086/668599.
- ↑ Campbell, Matthew A.. Multilocus molecular systematics of the circumtropical reef-fish genus Abudefduf (Pomacentridae): history, geography and ecology of speciation (in en). PeerJ 6 (2018-08-14). doi:10.7717/peerj.5357.
- ↑ Youtube <<Advance Marine Aquarium>> Creatures section, Damselfish - Author:Sublanding Fish[2020-06-19]
- ↑ "Abudefduf". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2022 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2022.
- ↑ Wibowo, Kunto & Toda, Minoru & Motomura, Hiroyuki. (2017). Validity of Abudefduf caudobimaculatus Okada and Ikeda 1939 and synonymies of Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1825) (Perciformes: Pomacentridae). Ichthyological Research. 65. 10.1007/s10228-017-0594-3.