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African sergeant

Abudefduf hoefleri (Steindachner, 1881)

Status not recordedbony fish

The African sergeant (Abudefduf hoefleri) is a species in the family Pomacentridae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the African sergeant

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the African sergeant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the African sergeant as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Malta

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the African sergeant endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the African sergeant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPomacentridae
  6. genusAbudefduf
  7. SpeciesAbudefduf hoefleri (Steindachner, 1881)

Synonyms Abudefduf bicolor, Chromis bicolor, Gliphydodon hoefleri, Glyphidodon hoefleri, Heliastes bicolor

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Sergent blauCatalan
  • Afrikansk sergentfiskDanish
  • Petaca africanaSpanish
  • Pesce sergente africanoItalian
  • Sargento-africanoPortuguese
  • Sargento africanoSpanish
  • Sargento Mayor AfricanoSpanish
  • Pesce sergente di HoeflerItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the African sergeant

Other species in the same genus Abudefduf.

Sergeants

Abudefduf vaigiensis

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Cow pilot

Abudefduf saxatilis

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Sergeants

Abudefduf sexfasciatus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Maomao

Abudefduf abdominalis

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Sergeants

Abudefduf bengalensis

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the African sergeant an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the African sergeant as introduced in 1 country: Malta, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the African sergeant?

The African sergeant (Abudefduf hoefleri) belongs to the family Pomacentridae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). African sergeant (Abudefduf hoefleri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/african-sergeant

MLA

“African sergeant (Abudefduf hoefleri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/african-sergeant.

BibTeX
@misc{african_sergeant_2026,
  title = {African sergeant (Abudefduf hoefleri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/african-sergeant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}