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Updated 2/23/2019

Family Pomacentridae

INDO-PACIFIC

Abudefduf sexfasciatus

Palau, 4 feet

 

Maeda Point, Okinawa, Japan, 5 feet

SIX-BAR or SCISSORTAIL SERGEANT

Common on reefs to 50 feet.  Dark blue on caudal lobes, lacking bright yellow altogether.  Attains 9 inches.  Red Sea to Okinawa, east to French Ploynesia, excluding Hawai'i.