Sergeant Major Fish

About Sergeant Major

• Name: Sergeant - Major Fish• Scientific name: Abudefduf saxatilis • This scientific name stands for Abudefduf -

father, saxa - living among rocks, tilus - tile-like in color.

• The reason it is called father is because it is aggressive and bossy to the other inhabitants of the reef.

More info..• It considered a damsel fish • It can grow up to 8” long.• It is found in the Atlantic Ocean• It lives only near coal reefs • This fish eats Omnivorous, a plankton found

in coral reef

Why it is named this?

• The Sergeant Major fish received it’s name because of the 5 black stripes on it’s body resemble the 5 bars on a sergeants uniform.

Info Frenzy• It is extremely hard to determine the sex of

the Sergeant Major Fish because it changes sex.

• Many damsel fish change sex, converting from male to female over their lifetimes.

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