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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Pomacentrinae |
| Genus: | Abudefduf Forsskål, 1775 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon sordidus Forsskål, 1775[1]
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Abudefduf, also known as the sergeant-majors, is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.
The name is from Arabic abu, "the one with"; and def, "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. The name thus means "the one with prominent sides".[2]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Abudefduf". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "International Code of Zoological Nomenclature". Retrieved March 1, 2018.