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title: "Sergent-major panaméen"
description: "Abudefduf troschelii — Poissons. Abudefduf troschelii, the Pacific sergeant major or Panama sergeant major, is a species of damselfish belonging to the family Pomacentridae that can be identified by the pronounced black stripes on the lateral sides of the fish."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/panamic-sergeant-major
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Sergent-major panaméen

> Abudefduf troschelii — Poissons. Abudefduf troschelii, the Pacific sergeant major or Panama sergeant major, is a species of damselfish belonging to the family Pomacentridae that can be identified by the pronounced black stripes on the lateral sides of the fish.

- Scientific name: *Abudefduf troschelii*
- Category: `fish` (Poissons)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 3456
- Wikidata: [Q1826598](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1826598)
- iNaturalist taxon: [92989](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/92989)

## Names

- en: Panamic Sergeant Major
- de: Panamesischer Feldwebelfisch
- es: Petaca banderita
- fr: Sergent-major panaméen

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1683), EC (745), CR (558), PA (221), CO (33), PE (22), NI (13), SV (9)

## Summary

Abudefduf troschelii, the Pacific sergeant major or Panama sergeant major, is a species of damselfish belonging to the family Pomacentridae that can be identified by the pronounced black stripes on the lateral sides of the fish. Its specific name honors the zoologist Franz Hermann Troschel (1810-1882). It is native to the neritic pelagic zone of the shallow water coral reefs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and they are an omnivorous species feeding on plankton and algae attached to their coral habitat. Abudefduf troschelii is a sister-species of A. saxatilis but have diverged from each other since the uplift of the isthmus…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abudefduf_troschelii

## Photo

![Sergent-major panaméen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/panamic-sergeant-major/medium.jpg)

Photo: Augusto Olmos Mercado · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159223176

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/panamic-sergeant-major?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).