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title: "Bengal Sergeant"
description: "Abudefduf bengalensis — Pesci. Abudefduf bengalensis, known as the Bengal sergeant or the narrow-banded sergeant major, is a species of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bengal-sergeant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bengal Sergeant

> Abudefduf bengalensis — Pesci. Abudefduf bengalensis, known as the Bengal sergeant or the narrow-banded sergeant major, is a species of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae.

- Scientific name: *Abudefduf bengalensis*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2799
- Wikidata: [Q2701687](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2701687)
- iNaturalist taxon: [337754](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337754)

## Names

- en: Bengal Sergeant
- de: Schmalband-Riffbarsch
- es: Sargento Mayor de Bengala
- fr: Sergent-major du Bengale

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1604), TH (272), HK (171), MY (103), TW (52), SG (47), IN (40), CN (26), VN (24), ID (21), PH (14), KH (10)

## Summary

Abudefduf bengalensis, known as the Bengal sergeant or the narrow-banded sergeant major, is a species of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae. It is a marine species native to the tropical Indo-Pacific, where it ranges from the eastern Indian Ocean to Australia and Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Despite its wide range in the Indian Ocean, the Bengal sergeant is not known to occur in the Red Sea. Adults of this species are typically found in coral reef and lagoon environments at a depth of 1 to 6 m (3 to 20 ft), where they typically occur singly or in small groups.
Bengal sergeants feed primarily on algae, gastropods…

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

## Photo

![Bengal Sergeant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bengal-sergeant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151756629

## Machine access

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