Abudefduf caudobimaculatus

Okinawa sergeant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Abudefduf
Species:
A. caudobimaculatus
Binomial name
Abudefduf caudobimaculatus
Okada & Ikeda, 1939

Abudefduf caudobimaculatus, commonly known as the Okinawa sergeant,[1] is a species of damselfish. They are in the family Pomacentridae. The species is native to the Indo-Pacific. It is believed to live from East Africa to Yakushima and Lord Howe Island. This includes Taiwan, where it lives in the same areas with its congeners Abudefduf nigrimargo and A. vaigiensis),[2] and Indonesia.[3] The species was first described in 1939. It was later thought to be the same as Abudefduf vaigiensis. In a 2017 review by Kunto Wibowo of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Hiroyuki Motomura of the Kagoshima University Museum, and Minoru Toda redescribed the species as a separate species.[4] Even after this, the name is still listed by FishBase and WoRMS as a synonym of A. vaigiensis.[5][6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Okinawa Sergeant (Abudefduf caudobimaculatus)". iNaturalist Luxembourg. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Abudefduf nigrimargo". FishBase.
  3. ↑ Wibowo, Kunto & Harazaki, Shigeru & Koeda, Keita & Motomura, Hiroyuki. (2018). Variations in caudal-fin base spots in Abudefduf caudobimaculatus (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) and notes on distribution range extensions.
  4. ↑ Wibowo, Kunto & Toda, Minoru & Motomura, Hiroyuki. (2017). Validity of Abudefduf caudobimaculatus Okada and Ikeda 1939 and synonymies of Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1825) (Perciformes: Pomacentridae). Ichthyological Research. 65. 10.1007/s10228-017-0594-3.
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Abudefduf vaigiensis". FishBase.
  6. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Abudefduf caudobimaculatus Okada & Ikeda, 1939". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-01.