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Scissortail Sergeant

Abudefduf sexfasciatus

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 18, February 36, March 29, April 30, May 15, June 18, July 15, August 8, September 6, October 24, November 15, December 29.
Australia243
Queensland112
New South Wales75
Western Australia52
Malaysia46
China43
Egypt40
Taiwan37
Japan35
Thailand34

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderBlennies, damselfishes and allies · Blenniiformes
FamilyDamselfishes · Pomacentridae
GenusSergeant Majors · Abudefduf

Sources

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Practise Scissortail Sergeant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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