Scissortail sergeant

  Tropical reef fish

Identity card

Scissortail sergeant

Scientific name:
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Family:
Pomacentridae
Class:
Actinopterygii
Phylum:
Chordata
Year of description:
1801, Lacepède
IUCN Status:
Least Concern
Distribution:

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Indian Ocean, tropical Pacific as far as French Polynesia, southern Japan, Lord Howe Island and Rapa Island.

Habitat:

Shallow coral reefs, lagoons, reef flats, outer slopes, between 1 and 20 metres deep.

Size:

Up to 19 cm.

Diet:

Zooplankton and benthic algae.

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