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Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787)

Bengal sergeant
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: Cá Thia ben-gan
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Nguyen, H.P., P. Le Trong, N.T. Nguyen, P.D. Nguyen, N. Do Thi Nhu and V.L. Nguyen, 1995
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Gulf of Tonkin and central Vietnam (Ref. 12846); also from Quang Ninh-Cat Ba, Cu Lao Cham, Cu Lao Cau, Con Dao, An Thoi and Spratly islands (Ref. 58534). Also Ref. 4966.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nguyen, H.P., P. Le Trong, N.T. Nguyen, P.D. Nguyen, N. Do Thi Nhu and V.L. Nguyen, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bengal's sergeant, Sergeants, Sergeant-major, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) > Glyphisodontinae
Etymology: Abudefduf: Arabic, abu = father; this fish is the leader of the reef against other species (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina revassocierade; ej vandrande; djupintervall 1 - 6 m (Ref. 7247).   Tropical; 25°N - 35°S, 79°E - 155°E (Ref. 56015)

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