Pomacentridae

night sergeant

Abudefduf taurus

A husky fish of wave swept ledges and tide pools

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Abudefduf taurus, commonly known as the night sergeant, is a species of damselfish in the genus Abudefduf. The species was originally described by Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel in 1848. It is a large damselfish, reaching 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in total length.