Range
The Indo-Pacific sergeant is found from the Red Sea to South Africa, as far as Southeast Australia and South Japan. Recently also found in the Mediterranean.
Description
Often confused with the closely related Atlantic species Abudefduf saxatilis, the Indo-Pacific sergeant is pale in colour becoming yellowish above with five vertical black bars. Its ground colour becomes bluish during courtship. It reaches up to 20cm in length and tends to be found in groups.
Diet
Zooplankton or benthic algae.
Habitat
Tide pools
Indo-Pacific sergeant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Pomacentridae
Genus:
Abudefduf
Species:
A. vaigiensis
Binomial name
Abudefduf vaigiensis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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