Abudefduf [SEP] parent taxon
Abudefduf
Abudefduf also known as the sergeant-majors is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.
The name is from Arabic "abu", "the one with"; and "def", "side", and the intensive plural ending "-duf". The name thus means "the one with prominent sides".
General Biology.
The approximately 20 species of "Abudefduf" may be divided into planktivores and benthivores and three broadly pantropical clades. Two of the "Abudefduf" clades are
the deserted parent.
Second, if the cost of raising offspring alone is high and the cost of remating is low, the deserted individual may choose to desert the offspring as well and attempt to breed again. In some cases, the second deserter may even take part in filial cannibalism, reaping its lost investment by eating its own offspring as nourishment. For example, in scissortail sergeant fish ("Abudefduf sexfasciatus"), male parental care is dominant, and males undergo brood cycling in which they alternate between mating and