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Abudefduf

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| image = Corl0079 (27327767923).jpg

| image_caption = Abudefduf sordidus Hawaii

| taxon = Abudefduf

| authority = Forsskål, 1775

| type_species = Chaetodon sordidus

| type_species_authority = Forsskål, 1775{{Cof record | genid=9206 | title = Abudefduf | access-date = 4 October 2018}}

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

The name is from Arabic ابو دفدوف abu, "the one with"; and def, "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. The name thus means "the one with prominent sides".{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/index.jsp?article=30|title=International Code of Zoological Nomenclature|access-date=March 1, 2018}}

General biology

The approximately 20 species of Abudefduf may be divided into planktivores and benthivores and three broadly pantropical clades.{{cite thesis|last=Hensley|title=Revision of the Indo-West Pacific species of Abudefduf (Pisces: Pomacentridae)|date=1978|degree=PhD|publisher=University of South Florida}}{{Cite journal|last1=Aguilar-Medrano|first1=Rosalía|last2=Barber|first2=Paul H.|date=2015-12-17|title=Ecomorphological diversification in reef fish of the genus Abudefduf (Percifomes, Pomacentridae)|journal=Zoomorphology|language=en|volume=135|issue=1|pages=103–114|doi=10.1007/s00435-015-0291-6|s2cid=18841806|issn=0720-213X}}{{Cite journal|last1=Frédérich|first1=Bruno|last2=Sorenson|first2=Laurie|last3=Santini|first3=Francesco|last4=Slater|first4=Graham J.|last5=Alfaro|first5=Michael E.|date=January 2013|title=Iterative Ecological Radiation and Convergence during the Evolutionary History of Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)|journal=The American Naturalist|language=en|volume=181|issue=1|pages=94–113|doi=10.1086/668599|pmid=23234848|hdl=2268/136861 |s2cid=38968103 |issn=0003-0147|url=http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/136861|hdl-access=free}} 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.{{Cite journal|last1=Campbell|first1=Matthew A.|last2=Robertson|first2=D. Ross|last3=Vargas|first3=Marta I.|last4=Allen|first4=Gerald R.|last5=McMillan|first5=W.O.|date=2018-08-14|title=Multilocus molecular systematics of the circumtropical reef-fish genus Abudefduf (Pomacentridae): history, geography and ecology of speciation|journal=PeerJ|language=en|volume=6|pages=e5357|doi=10.7717/peerj.5357|pmid=30128183|pmc=6097498|issn=2167-8359 |doi-access=free }}Youtube <> Creatures section, Damselfish - Author:Sublanding Fish[2020-06-19]

Species

The following 21 species are recognized in the genus Abudefduf:{{FishBase genus | genus = Abudefduf | month = October| year = 2022}}

Gallery

File:Abudefduf abdominalis by NPS 1.jpg|Abudefduf abdominalis

File:Abudefduf bengalensis.jpg|Abudefduf bengalensis

File:Abudefduf declivifrons.jpg|Abudefduf declivifrons

File:Abudefduf notatus.JPG|Abudefduf notatus

File:Abudefduf saxatilis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|Abudefduf saxatilis

File:Abudefduf septemfasciatus Réunion.jpg|Abudefduf septemfasciatus

File:Abudefduf sexfasciatus Réunion.jpg|Abudefduf sexfasciatus

File:Abudefduf sordidus Réunion.jpg|Abudefduf sordidus

File:Abudefduf sparoides Réunion.JPG|Abudefduf sparoides

File:Pomacentridae - Abudefduf troschelii.JPG|Abudefduf troschelii

File:Abudefduf vaigiensis.jpg|Abudefduf vaigiensis

References

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Category:Pomacentrinae

Category:Marine fish genera

Category:Taxa named by Peter Forsskål

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