Abudefduf

Abudefduf
	Abudefduf sordidus Hawaii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	Pomacentridae
Subfamily:	Pomacentrinae
Genus:	Abudefduf; Forsskål, 1775
Type species
	Chaetodon sordidus; Forsskål, 1775

Abudefduf also known as the sergeant-majors is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.

The name is from Arabic abu, "the one with"; and def, "side", and the intensive 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 and benthivores and three broadly pantropical clades.^[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 has occurred in the last 10 million years within this genus across all clades.^[6]^[7]

Species[]

There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:^[8]

Abudefduf abdominalis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Green damselfish)
(Bloch, 1787) (Bengal sergeant)
Okada and Ikeda, 1939^[9]
Abudefduf concolor (T. N. Gill, 1862)
J. E. Randall & , 1999
(T. N. Gill, 1862) (Mexican nightsergeant)
(Steindachner, 1881) (African sergeant)
& G. R. Allen, 1977 (Black-tail sergeant)
Abudefduf luridus (Cuvier, 1830) (Canary damsel)
(G. Cuvier, 1830) (Pearly sergeant)
& J. E. Randall, 1983 (Natal 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)
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (False-eye sergeant)
(Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Night sergeant)
Abudefduf troschelii (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Panamic sergeant-major)
Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Indo-Pacific sergeant)
G. R. Allen & , 1974 (Whitley's sergeant)

Gallery[]

Abudefduf abdominalis
Abudefduf bengalensis
Abudefduf declivifrons
Abudefduf notatus
Abudefduf saxatilis
Abudefduf septemfasciatus
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Abudefduf sordidus
Abudefduf sparoides
Abudefduf troschelii
Abudefduf vaigiensis

References[]

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Abudefduf". Catalog of Fishes. California 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) (PhD thesis). University of South Florida.
^ Aguilar-Medrano, Rosalía; Barber, Paul H. (2015-12-17). "Ecomorphological diversification in reef fish of the genus Abudefduf (Percifomes, Pomacentridae)". Zoomorphology. 135 (1): 103–114. doi:10.1007/s00435-015-0291-6. ISSN 0720-213X. S2CID 18841806.
^ Frédérich, Bruno; Sorenson, Laurie; Santini, Francesco; Slater, Graham J.; Alfaro, Michael E. (January 2013). "Iterative Ecological Radiation and Convergence during the Evolutionary History of Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)". The American Naturalist. 181 (1): 94–113. doi:10.1086/668599. ISSN 0003-0147. PMID 23234848.
^ Campbell, Matthew A.; Robertson, D. Ross; Vargas, Marta I.; Allen, Gerald R.; McMillan, W.O. (2018-08-14). "Multilocus molecular systematics of the circumtropical reef-fish genus Abudefduf (Pomacentridae): history, geography and ecology of speciation". PeerJ. 6: e5357. doi:10.7717/peerj.5357. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6097498. PMID 30128183.
^ Youtube <<Advance Marine Aquarium>> Creatures section, Damselfish - Author:Sublanding Fish[2020-06-19]
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Abudefduf in FishBase. February 2015 version.
^ Wibowo, K., M. Toda and H. Motomura, 2018. Validity of Abudefduf caudobimaculatus Okada and Ikeda 1939 and synonymies of Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1825) (Perciformes: Pomacentridae). Ichthyological Research v. 65 (no. 1): [1-14] 78-91.

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[CoF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Abudefduf". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[2] "International Code of Zoological Nomenclature". Retrieved March 1, 2018.

[3] Hensley (1978). Revision of the Indo-West Pacific species of Abudefduf (Pisces: Pomacentridae) (PhD thesis). University of South Florida.

[4] Aguilar-Medrano, Rosalía; Barber, Paul H. (2015-12-17). "Ecomorphological diversification in reef fish of the genus Abudefduf (Percifomes, Pomacentridae)". Zoomorphology. 135 (1): 103–114. doi:10.1007/s00435-015-0291-6. ISSN 0720-213X. S2CID 18841806.

[5] Frédérich, Bruno; Sorenson, Laurie; Santini, Francesco; Slater, Graham J.; Alfaro, Michael E. (January 2013). "Iterative Ecological Radiation and Convergence during the Evolutionary History of Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)". The American Naturalist. 181 (1): 94–113. doi:10.1086/668599. ISSN 0003-0147. PMID 23234848.

[6] Campbell, Matthew A.; Robertson, D. Ross; Vargas, Marta I.; Allen, Gerald R.; McMillan, W.O. (2018-08-14). "Multilocus molecular systematics of the circumtropical reef-fish genus Abudefduf (Pomacentridae): history, geography and ecology of speciation". PeerJ. 6: e5357. doi:10.7717/peerj.5357. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6097498. PMID 30128183.

[idEOFEeEvbV7A-7] Youtube <<Advance Marine Aquarium>> Creatures section, Damselfish - Author:Sublanding Fish[2020-06-19]

[FB-8] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Abudefduf in FishBase. February 2015 version.

[9] Wibowo, K., M. Toda and H. Motomura, 2018. Validity of Abudefduf caudobimaculatus Okada and Ikeda 1939 and synonymies of Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1825) (Perciformes: Pomacentridae). Ichthyological Research v. 65 (no. 1): [1-14] 78-91.

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Abudefduf

Abudefduf sordidus Hawaii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	Pomacentridae
Subfamily:	Pomacentrinae
Genus:	Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775
Type species
Chaetodon sordidus Forsskål, 1775^[1]