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Green Sergeant

Abudefduf whitleyi

Also known as: Sergeant, Sergeant-Major, Whitley's Sergeant, Whitley's Sergeant Major

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2017
Adult
@fishx6 · Lady Musgrave Island, Australia · February 20121 / 5
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Overview

Found singly or in large schools, over shallow, outer edges, of surge gutters, and reefs.
They feed high in the water column on zooplankton.
Western Pacific - Australia, Coral Sea, New Caledonia

Damselfish are egg layers.
First they clear a site ready for a nest, then engage in a mating dance with rapid swimming and fin movements, during this time the males will often turn a shade or two darker and may display white blotches. Spawning occurs at dawn.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Fins & Tail
black fins

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Exact location · 4
  • Country only · 1
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Found singly or in large schools, over shallow, outer edges, of surge gutters, and reefs.

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Adult photos 5

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
    5. familyPomacentridae
    6. genusAbudefduf
    7. speciesAbudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974

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    More in the family

    Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)