Abudefduf
Translingual edit
(blackspot sergeant)
Etymology edit
From Arabic, from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”; “one of, one with”) + دَفّ (daff, “side”) + ـدُف (-duf, “intensive plural suffix”).(check that it the last element is really an intensive suffix as opposed to the plural marker of دُفُوف with an intrusive 'd').
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Abudefduf m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pomacentridae – the sergeant fish.
Hypernyms edit
For the taxonomic hierarchy, see Wikispecies.
- (genus): Perciformes (order)
Hyponyms edit
- (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 edit
Abudefduf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Abudefduf on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Abudefduf on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Abudefduf at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Abudefduf at Encyclopedia of Life
- 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
