Abudefduf troschelii
Abudefduf troschelii, the Pacific sergeant major or Panama sergeant major, is a species of damselfish belonging to the family Pomacentridae that can be identified by the highly visable black stripes on the sides of the fish.[3] Its specific name honors the zoologist Franz Hermann Troschel (1810–1882).[4] It is native to the neritic pelagic zone of the shallow water coral reefs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and they are an omnivorous (mesat and vegetable eating) species feeding on plankton and algae attached to their coral habitat.[5] Abudefduf troschelii is a sister-species of A. saxatilis. Males, like in many other marine species, take care of and defend newborn A. troschelii after they have been hatched by eggs from the female. There are currently no major threats to the species and there is no indication of a current decline in its population size. The IUCN Red List lists this damselfish as being of “least concern”.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Abudefduf |
| Species: | A. troschelii
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| Abudefduf troschelii (Gill, 1862)
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References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Allen, G.R.; Robertson, R.; Rivera, R.; et al. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Abudefduf troschelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183397A117058177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183397A8106267.en.
- ↑ Marine Species
- ↑ Wibowo, K., Koeda, K., Muto, N. et al. Ichthyol Res (2018) 65: 471. doi:10.1007/s10228-018-0634-7
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
