Abudefduf

Abudefduf is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. The name is from Arabic abu meaning "father", def meaning "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. So the name means "father with prominent sides".

Species

• Abudefduf abdominalis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
• Abudefduf barffi Curtiss, 1938
• Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787)
• Abudefduf bicolor (Rochebrune, 1880)
• Abudefduf concolor (Gill, 1862)
• Abudefduf conformis Randall and Earle, 1999
• Abudefduf declivifrons (Gill, 1862)
• Abudefduf hoefleri (Steindachner, 1881)
• Abudefduf lorenzi Hensley and Allen, 1977
• Abudefduf luridus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
• Abudefduf manikfani Jones and Kumaran, 1970
• Abudefduf margariteus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
• Abudefduf natalensis Hensley and Randall, 1983
• Abudefduf notatus (Day, 1870)
• Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sergeant Major)
• Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
• Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacépède, 1801)
• Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
• Abudefduf sparoides (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
• Abudefduf taurus (Müller and Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848)
• Abudefduf theresae Curtiss, 1938
• Abudefduf trilineatus Wang, 1941
• Abudefduf troschelii (Gill, 1862)
• Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard), 1825)
• Abudefduf whitleyi Allen and Robertson, 1974

References

• Mark Isaak Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature: Puns. (2006). Retrieved on 20 March..