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Pomacentridae
Indo-Pacific sergeant
Abudefduf vaigiensis
Five broad blue black bars across Indo Pacific reefs
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Deep-bodied
MediumIndo-Pacific sergeant is a schooling marine fish widespread on Indo-Pacific reefs. Five broad blue-black bars make passing groups easy to recognize.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Abudefduf
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and eastern Africa to the Line and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia. Recorded in Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Ref. 35942 ). Often confused with the closely related Atlantic species Abudefduf saxatilis (Ref. 7247 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
