Abudefduf saxatilis Sergeant Major, Pintano

Abudefduf saxatilis is commonly referred to as Sergeant Major, Pintano. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 159288

Scientific:: Abudefduf saxatilis
German:: Gestreifter Sergeant
English:: Sergeant Major, Pintano

Category:: Damselfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Abudefduf (Genus) > saxatilis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Barbados, Suriname, Ghana, Benin, Gambia, Guadeloupe, West Sahara, Angola, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Madeira, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands Antilles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 20 Meter
Size:: up to 9.06" (23 cm)
Weight:: 200 g
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Crustacean larvae , Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Zooplankton
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Abudefduf sexfasciatus X Abudefduf margariteus
Hybride Abudefduf sexfasciatus X Abudefduf margariteus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2009-01-22 20:58:38
Last edit:: 2022-09-25 20:51:22

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Abudefduf saxatilis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Abudefduf saxatilis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Abudefduf saxatilis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Adult males guard and fiercely defend their clutches of eggs.

Synonyms:
Abudefduf ascensionis Fowler, 1919
Abudefduf marginatus (Bloch, 1787)
Abudefduf saxiatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Abudefduf sexatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Apogon quinquevittatus Blyth, 1858
Chaetodon marginatus Bloch, 1787
Chaetodon mauritii Bloch, 1787
Chaetodon sargoides Lacepède, 1802
Chaetodon saxatilis Linnaeus, 1758
Glyphidodon saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Glyphisodon biniar Montrouzier, 1857
Glyphisodon moucharra Lacepède, 1802
Glyphisodon saxatilis