WoRMS taxon details
Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 212888
AphiaID: 212888
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Pomacentrinae (Subfamily) > Abudefduf (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Abudefduf Forskål, 1775 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Abudefduf Forskål, 1775 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Abudefduf tridentatus Clark, 1938 Chaetodon sordidus Forsskål, 1775 Glyphidodon adenensis Günther, 1867 Glyphidodon leucopleura Day, 1877 Glyphisodon geant Liénard, 1829 Glyphisodon géant Liénard, 1829 Glyphisodon gigas Allen, 1991 Glyphisodon sordidus | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. (1960). Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin No. 19: 317-349 [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Djibouti [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 24 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits rocky lagoons, reef flat shorelines and piers subject to mild surge; juveniles are common in tidepools. Occasionally forms schools. Feeds on algae, crustaceans and other invertebrates during the day. Used for food by the Hawaiians (Ref. 7364). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212888 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212888 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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