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FISH FACTS |
Description
The Narrow-Banded Sergeant Major is a white fish with six or seven narrow black bands on the body. The tail has rounded lobes. They are seen as individuals or in small groups .
Size
to 18cm
Habitat
coral reefs, protected lagoons. Usually at depths from 0.5m to 8m.
Food
algae, gastropods, small crabs
Range
The Narrow-Banded Sergeant Major is found in tropical waters of the western Pacific from India to the Philippines and south to Australia. In Australia it is found along north-western coast of Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, and south to central New South Wales coast.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Pomacentridae | | Genus: | Abudefduf | | Species: | bengalensis | | Common Name: | Narrow-Banded Sergeant Major |
Relatives in same Genus
Scissortail Sergeant (A. sexfasciatus)
Indo-Pacific Sergeant (A. vaigiensis)
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