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Abudefduf is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae
Pomacentridae

Pomacentridae is a family of perciform fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. They are exclusively ocean , and noted for their hardy constitutions and territoriality....
.

The name is from Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 abu meaning "father", def meaning "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. So the name means "father with prominent sides".






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Abudefduf is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae
Pomacentridae

Pomacentridae is a family of perciform fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. They are exclusively ocean , and noted for their hardy constitutions and territoriality....
.

The name is from Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 abu meaning "father", def meaning "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. So the name means "father with prominent sides".

Species

  • Abudefduf abdominalis (Quoy
    Jean René Constant Quoy

    Jean Ren? Constant Quoy was a France zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the French ship Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville....
     and Gaimard
    Joseph Paul Gaimard

    Joseph Paul Gaimard was a France natural history.Along with Jean Ren? Constant Quoy he served as naturalist aboard the ships La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey, and L'Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville between 1826 and 1829....
    , 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
    Georges Cuvier

    Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
     in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
  • Abudefduf manikfani Jones and Kumaran, 1970
  • Abudefduf margariteus (Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier

    Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
     in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
  • Abudefduf natalensis Hensley and Randall, 1983
  • Abudefduf notatus (Day, 1870)
  • Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sergeant Major
    Sergeant Major (fish)

    The Sergeant Major or p?ntano is a large, colourful damselfish. It earns its name from its brightly striped sides, which are reminiscent of the insignia of a military Sergeant Major....
    )
  • Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier
    Georges Cuvier

    Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
     in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
  • Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacépède, 1801)
  • Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål
    Peter Forsskål

    Peter Forssk?l, sometimes spelled Pehr Forssk?l, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forsk?l or Pehr Forssk?hl, was a Sweden exploration, orientalist and natural history....
    , 1775)
  • Abudefduf sparoides (Quoy
    Jean René Constant Quoy

    Jean Ren? Constant Quoy was a France zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the French ship Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville....
     and Gaimard
    Joseph Paul Gaimard

    Joseph Paul Gaimard was a France natural history.Along with Jean Ren? Constant Quoy he served as naturalist aboard the ships La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey, and L'Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville between 1826 and 1829....
    , 1825)
  • Abudefduf taurus (Müller and Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848)
  • Abudefduf theresae Curtiss, 1938
  • Abudefduf trilineatus Wang, 1941
  • Abudefduf troschelii (Gill, 1862)
  • Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy
    Jean René Constant Quoy

    Jean Ren? Constant Quoy was a France zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the French ship Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville....
     and Gaimard
    Joseph Paul Gaimard

    Joseph Paul Gaimard was a France natural history.Along with Jean Ren? Constant Quoy he served as naturalist aboard the ships La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey, and L'Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville between 1826 and 1829....
    ), 1825)
  • Abudefduf whitleyi Allen and Robertson, 1974