Banded sergeant
Abudefduf septemfasciatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Banded sergeant
- Scientific
- Abudefduf septemfasciatus
- Dhivehi
- ގުއި ބުރަދަGui buradha
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 23 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2010
Description
A stocky sergeant damselfish, greyish with seven broad dark bars, reaching about 23 cm. It lives on shallow lagoon and outer reefs with some surge, grazing algae and picking small invertebrates. Males guard eggs laid on rock and are highly territorial.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi Wikipedia (MRS-derived) gives gui buradha.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Abudefduf-septemfasciatus.html
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ގުއި_ބުރަދަ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Abudefduf_septemfasciatus.JPG
Dhivehi name source: Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ގުއި ބުރަދަ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Gui buradha' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FishBase also lists 'Galiburang', 'Rabolu' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.