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Scissortail sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Scissortail sergeant
- Scientific
- Abudefduf sexfasciatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 19 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2010
Description
A sergeant damselfish, silvery-white with five black bars and a black stripe along each lobe of the forked tail, like a pair of scissors. It gathers in mid-water groups to feed on plankton above reefs, and males guard patches of purple eggs on rock.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives on the FishBase country checklist (status: present). No Maldives-specific information was found in MRS (1997) or the other sources reviewed, and no Dhivehi name is recorded.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Abudefduf-sexfasciatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Scherenschwanz-Sergeant_(Abudefduf_sexfasciatus)_01.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.