Scissortail sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ovalentaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Abudefduf
Where to Find
Found in 52 diving areas across 32 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 5 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 25 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 8 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 90 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 157 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 66 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 134 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 3 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 5 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 7 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 5 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 13 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 16 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 6 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 3 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 1 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 7 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 5 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 6 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 6 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 6 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 8 records