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Indo-Pacific sergeant
Abudefduf vaigiensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Indo-Pacific sergeant
- Scientific
- Abudefduf vaigiensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2013
Description
A sergeant damselfish with a blue-green back, silvery-white sides, a yellow wash on the upper body and five narrow black bars. It gathers in large mid-water groups along reef edges and rocky shores to feed on plankton, and males guard eggs on rock. Juveniles drift with floating seaweed.
In the Maldives
One of the commonest damselfish around Maldivian jetties and house reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Abudefduf-vaigiensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sergeant_major_(Abudefduf_vaigiensis)_(48272171132).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.