Banded Sergeant, Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier 1830)

Other Names: Narrow-banded Sergeant-major

A Banded Sergeant, Abudefduf septemfasciatus, at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Source: Andy Lewis / Lizard Island Field Guide, http://lifg.australianmuseum.net.au/. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A distinctive damselfish with 7 relatively broad dark bands on the head and body including a band on top of the head behind the eye, and a small spot at the upper pectoral-fin base. The bands are wider than the pale interspaces. Individuals may have dark fin margins.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Abudefduf septemfasciatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 13 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/307

Banded Sergeant, Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier 1830)

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Distribution	Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Coral Sea, to the Capricorn-Bunker Group, Queensland; also Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
Species Citation	Glyphisodon septemfasciatus Cuvier, 1830, Hist. Nat. Poissons 5: 463. Type locality: Mauritius (as Isle de France).
Author	Bray, D.J. 2018
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Banded Sergeant, Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier 1830)

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