Abudefduf

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Pomacentridae
Subfamilia: Pomacentrinae
Genus: Abudefduf
Species: A. abdominalis - A. bengalensis - A. concolor - A. conformis - A. declivifrons - A. hoefleri - A. lorenzi - A. luridus - A. margariteus - A. natalensis - A. notatus - A. saxatilis - A. septemfasciatus - A. sexfasciatus - A. sordidus - A. sparoides - A. taurus - A. troschelii - A. vaigiensis - A. whitleyi

Name

Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775

Type species: Chaetodon sordidus Forsskål, 1775. Type by subsequent designation.

References

* Cooper, W.J., L.L. Smith, & M.W. Westneat 2009: Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52: 1–16. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.010; PDF
* Forsskål, P. 1775: Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae. Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad Maris Australis terras per annos 1772 1773 et 1774 suscepto.: 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map.
* Carter, J.A. and L. Kaufman 2003: Pomacentridae (Pp. 1694-1700). In: Carpenter 2003. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. v. 3.

Vernacular names
English: Sergeant Fish

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Abudefduf is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.

The name is from Arabic abu literally meaning "father" but in a non literal sense it means "the one with," def meaning "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. So the name means "the one (fish) with prominent sides".

Species

* Abudefduf abdominalis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
* Abudefduf barffi Curtiss, 1938
* Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787)
* Abudefduf bicolor (Rochebrune, 1880)
* Abudefduf concolor (Gill, 1862)
* Abudefduf conformis Randall and Earle, 1999
* Abudefduf declivifrons (Gill, 1862)
* Abudefduf hoefleri (Steindachner, 1881)
* Abudefduf lorenzi Hensley and Allen, 1977
* Abudefduf luridus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
* Abudefduf manikfani Jones and Kumaran, 1970
* Abudefduf margariteus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
* Abudefduf natalensis Hensley and Randall, 1983
* Abudefduf notatus (Day, 1870)
* Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sergeant Major)
* Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
* Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacépède, 1801)
* Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
* Abudefduf sparoides (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
* Abudefduf taurus (Müller and Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848)
* Abudefduf theresae Curtiss, 1938
* Abudefduf trilineatus Wang, 1941
* Abudefduf troschelii (Gill, 1862)
* Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard), 1825)
* Abudefduf whitleyi Allen and Robertson, 1974

References

* Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Abudefduf in FishBase. March 2006 version.
* Mark Isaak (2006). "Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature: Puns". http://home.earthlink.net/~misaak/taxonomy/taxPuns.html. Retrieved 20 March.