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title: "Atlantic Sergeant Major"
description: "Abudefduf saxatilis — Pesci. The sergeant major or píntano (Abudefduf saxatilis) is a species of damselfish."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/atlantic-sergeant-major
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Sergeant Major

> Abudefduf saxatilis — Pesci. The sergeant major or píntano (Abudefduf saxatilis) is a species of damselfish.

- Scientific name: *Abudefduf saxatilis*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 11616
- Wikidata: [Q2070648](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2070648)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49402](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49402)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Sergeant Major
- de: Gestreifter Sergeant
- es: Petaca rayada
- fr: Sergent-major des Caraïbes
- nl: Sergeant-majoorvis
- pt: Castanheta-das-rochas
- pl: Garbik pasiasty

## Countries with the most observations

US (2600), MX (1913), BR (830), BS (551), PR (533), HN (382), BZ (337), VI (281), KY (240), JM (208), DO (204), CU (198)

## Summary

The sergeant major or píntano (Abudefduf saxatilis) is a species of damselfish. It grows to a maximum length of about 22.9 cm (9.0 in).

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

## Photo

![Atlantic Sergeant Major](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-sergeant-major/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262701885

## Machine access

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