Abudefduf caudobimaculatus

Okinawa sergeant
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	Pomacentridae
Genus:	Abudefduf
Species:	A. caudobimaculatus
Binomial name
Abudefduf caudobimaculatus Okada & Ikeda, 1939

Abudefduf caudobimaculatus, commonly known as the Okinawa sergeant,^[1] is a species of damselfish. They are in the family Pomacentridae. The species is native to the Indo-Pacific. It is believed to live from East Africa to Yakushima and Lord Howe Island. This includes Taiwan, where it lives in the same areas with its congeners Abudefduf nigrimargo and A. vaigiensis),^[2] and Indonesia.^[3] The species was first described in 1939. It was later thought to be the same as Abudefduf vaigiensis. In a 2017 review by Kunto Wibowo of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Hiroyuki Motomura of the Kagoshima University Museum, and Minoru Toda redescribed the species as a separate species.^[4] Even after this, the name is still listed by FishBase and WoRMS as a synonym of A. vaigiensis.^[5][6]

References

1. "Okinawa Sergeant (Abudefduf caudobimaculatus)". iNaturalist Luxembourg. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Abudefduf nigrimargo". FishBase.
3. Wibowo, Kunto & Harazaki, Shigeru & Koeda, Keita & Motomura, Hiroyuki. (2018). Variations in caudal-fin base spots in Abudefduf caudobimaculatus (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) and notes on distribution range extensions.
4. Wibowo, Kunto & Toda, Minoru & Motomura, Hiroyuki. (2017). Validity of Abudefduf caudobimaculatus Okada and Ikeda 1939 and synonymies of Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1825) (Perciformes: Pomacentridae). Ichthyological Research. 65. 10.1007/s10228-017-0594-3.
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Abudefduf vaigiensis". FishBase.
6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Abudefduf caudobimaculatus Okada & Ikeda, 1939". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-01.