Abudefduf bengalensis

(Bloch, 1787)

Vernacular names
English : Bengal sergeant
French : Sergent-Major du Bengale

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Ovalentaria i. s. (sometimes still Perciformes)
Family : Pomacentridae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can grow to 17 cm in length. Laterally compressed body with steep and bulbous forehead. Coloration is silvery grey-blue with six relatively thin vertical black bars from head to tail. Dark fins with slight blue margins.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in the Indo-Pacific area, from eastern Indian Ocean to Japan and northern Australia. The species is absent from the Red Sea. Lives in inshore reefs and lagoons, down to 6 meters.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species has a large range and, although occasionally collected for fish trade, remains still at least locally common.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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