Species: Abudefduf concolor, Pacific night-sergeant


Abudefduf concolor (Gill, 1862)
Pacific night-sergeant
Body relatively deep, oblong, compressed; 1 pair of nostrils; suborbital bone under eye fused to cheek, its lower border completely covered with scales; preopercle with smooth edge; mouth small, protrusible; teeth in single row, with notched or flat tips; gill rakers 20-25; a single continuous dorsal fin, XIII, 12-13; anal rays II, 10; pectoral rays 18-20; no projecting short spines at upper and lower base of tail fin; caudal fin forked; scales are moderately large and rough; body scaled, head largely scaled, as are the basal parts of the median fins; lateral line incomplete, ends under end of dorsal fin base; lateral-line scales 19-21.
Head golden brown; body grey with 4-5 relatively narrow whitish bars; most of body scales with narrow dark outline; narrow blackish bar or wedge-shaped mark on pectoral-fin base; lips whitish.
Maximum size to 19 cm.
Inhabits rocky inshore reefs exposed to wave action.
Depth: 0-5 m.
El Salvador to Peru, including the Galapagos, Cocos and Malpelo.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Omnivore
- Diet
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- Sessile molluscs
- Sessile crustacea
- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Sessile worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
- Length Max
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- 19