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Reproduction. The sergeant major is an oviparous species in which the males create nests on rocks, reef outcrops, shipwrecks, and pilings where the females lay their egg masses. [6] The males actively chase the females in courtship before the female releases approximately 200,000 ref, ovoid eggs which are attached to the substrate by a filament ...
Genus: Abudefduf. Forsskål, 1775. Type species. Chaetodon sordidus. Forsskål, 1775 [1] Abudefduf, also known as the sergeant-majors, is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. The name is from Arabic abu, "the one with"; and def, "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. The name thus means "the one with prominent sides".
The common snook is also known as the sergeant fish or robalo. It was originally assigned to the sciaenid genus Sciaena;Sciaena undecimradiatus and Centropomus undecimradiatus are obsolete synonyms for the species. One of the largest snooks, C. undecimalis grows to a maximum overall length of 140 cm (4.6 ft). The common length is 50 cm (1.6 ft).
Abudefduf sordidus. (Forsskål, 1775) Synonyms. Abudefduf tridentatus. Chaetodon sordidus. Glyphisodon geant. Glyphisodon géant. Glyphidodon leucopleura. Abudefduf sordidus, commonly known as the blackspot sergeant or kūpīpī in Hawaii, is a large solitary damselfish in the family Pomacentridae native to the tropical Indo-Pacific. [1][2][3][4]
Hamilton Fish II (June 27, 1873 - June 24, 1898) was a wealthy New Yorker who was a member of a prominent Fish family. During the Spanish–American War he joined the Rough Riders in the invasion of Cuba, where he died in the Battle of Las Guasimas .
Abudefduf troschelii. Abudefduf troschelii, the Pacific sergeant major or Panama sergeant major, is a species of damselfish belonging to the family Pomacentridae that can be identified by the pronounced black stripes on the lateral sides of the fish. [3] Its specific name honors the zoologist Franz Hermann Troschel (1810-1882). [4]
The green damselfish (Abudefduf abdominalis), [3] also known as the Hawaiian sergeant major, is a non-migratory fish of the family Pomacentridae. This fish also goes by the name maomao [4] It occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island and Johnston Atoll. [1] It can grow to a maximum total length of 30 ...
Abudefduf taurus. Abudefduf taurus, commonly known as the night sergeant, is a species of damselfish in the genus Abudefduf. [2][3] The species was originally described by Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel in 1848. [4] It is a large damselfish, reaching 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in total length. [5]