Abudefduf

Translingual

Abudefduf bengalensis
(blackspot sergeant)

Etymology

From Arabic أَبُو دَفْدُوف (ʔabū dafdūf).

Pronunciation

• English: (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.buˈdɛf.dəf/

Proper noun

Abudefduf m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pomacentridae – sergeant fish.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii – superorder; Pomacentridae – family; Abudefdufinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Abudefduf sordidus – type species; Abudefduf abdominalis, Abudefduf bengalensis, Abudefduf concolor, Abudefduf conformis, Abudefduf declivifrons, Abudefduf hoefleri, Abudefduf lorenzi, Abudefduf luridus, Abudefduf margariteus, Abudefduf natalensis, Abudefduf notatus, Abudefduf saxatilis, Abudefduf septemfasciatus, Abudefduf sexfasciatus, Abudefduf sparoides, Abudefduf taurus, Abudefduf troschelii, Abudefduf vaigiensis, Abudefduf whitleyi – other species

References

• Abudefduf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Abudefduf on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Abudefduf on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Abudefduf at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Abudefduf at World Register of Marine Species
• Abudefduf at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8