Abudefduf
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Abudefduf is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.
The name is from Arabic abu meaning "father", def meaning "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. So the name means "father with prominent sides".
Species
- Abudefduf abdominalis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
- Abudefduf barffi Curtiss, 1938
- Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787)
- Abudefduf bicolor (Rochebrune, 1880)
- Abudefduf concolor (Gill, 1862)
- Abudefduf conformis Randall and Earle, 1999
- Abudefduf declivifrons (Gill, 1862)
- Abudefduf hoefleri (Steindachner, 1881)
- Abudefduf lorenzi Hensley and Allen, 1977
- Abudefduf luridus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Abudefduf manikfani Jones and Kumaran, 1970
- Abudefduf margariteus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Abudefduf natalensis Hensley and Randall, 1983
- Abudefduf notatus (Day, 1870)
- Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sergeant Major)
- Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacépède, 1801)
- Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Abudefduf sparoides (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
- Abudefduf taurus (Müller and Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848)
- Abudefduf theresae Curtiss, 1938
- Abudefduf trilineatus Wang, 1941
- Abudefduf troschelii (Gill, 1862)
- Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard), 1825)
- Abudefduf whitleyi Allen and Robertson, 1974
References
- "Abudefduf". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. March 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Mark Isaak (2006). Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature: Puns. Retrieved on 20 March.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Abudefduf". Image Credit.
