Bengal Sergeant (species: Abudefduf bengalensis) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Abudefduf bengalensis
Bengal Sergeant


©Andy Lewis: Abudefduf bengalensis

©Anne Hoggett: Bengal Sergeant at the Turtle Group

©Lyle Vail: Abudefduf bengalensis near Turtle Beach, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Pomacentridae
Genus Abudefduf
Species Abudefduf bengalensis

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Distinguishing features

This is the only species of Abudefduf with rounded tail lobes (Allen et al, 2003).

Size

  • Up to 17 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Other references

  • Burger, M.A.A. and R.D. Adlard (2011). Low host specificity in the Kudoidae (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) including seventeen new host records for Kudoa thalassomi. Folia Parasitologica, 58: 1-16. LIRS catalog number 1389.
  • Cooper, W.J., L.L. Smith and 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. LIRS catalog number 1221.
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