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FISH FACTS |
Description
The Indo-Pacific Sergeant has a white body with five black bars. The upper part of the body usually has a yellow tint. The tail is unmarked, unlike the similar Scissortail Sergeant which has a black stripe along each lobe of the tail.
Other Names
Common Sergeant, Five-banded Damsel-fish, Five-banded Sergeant-major.
Size
to 20cm
Habitat
inshore waters, coral reefs
Food
algae, plankton.
Range
The Indo-Pacific Sergeant is found in waters of the Indo-Pacific and Central Pacific. In Australia, it is found from the central coast of Western Australia, around the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales coast, and south to Bass Strait.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Pomacentridae | | Genus: | Abudefduf | | Species: | vaigiensis | | Common Name: | Indo-Pacific Sergeant |
Relatives in same Genus
Narrow-Banded Sergeant Major (A. bengalensis)
Scissortail Sergeant (A. sexfasciatus)
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