Abudefduf
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Abudefduf bengalensis
(blackspot sergeant)
Translingual
(blackspot sergeant)
Etymology
From Arabic أَبُو دَفْدُوف (ʔabū dafdūf).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Abudefduf m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pomacentridae – the sergeant fish.
Hypernyms
For the taxonomic hierarchy, see Wikispecies.
- (genus): Perciformes (order)
Hyponyms
- (genus): Abudefduf sordidus - type species; Abudefduf abdominalis, Abudefduf bengalensis, Abudefduf concolor, Abudefduf conformis, Abudefduf declivifrons, Abudefduf hoefleri, Abudefduf lorenzi, Abudefduf luridus, Abudefduf margariteus, Abudefduf natalensis, Abudefduf notatus, Abudefduf saxatilis, Abudefduf septemfasciatus, Abudefduf sexfasciatus, Abudefduf sparoides, Abudefduf taurus, Abudefduf troschelii, Abudefduf vaigiensis, Abudefduf whitleyi - other species
References
Abudefduf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Abudefduf on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Abudefduf on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Abudefduf at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Abudefduf at World Register of Marine Species
- Abudefduf at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 8
