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Identity card
Scissortail sergeant
- Scientific name:
- Abudefduf sexfasciatus
- Family:
- Pomacentridae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- 1801, Lacepède
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Indian Ocean, tropical Pacific as far as French Polynesia, southern Japan, Lord Howe Island and Rapa Island.
- Habitat:
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Shallow coral reefs, lagoons, reef flats, outer slopes, between 1 and 20 metres deep.
- Size:
Up to 19 cm.
- Diet:
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Zooplankton and benthic algae.
