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title: "Scissortail Sergeant"
description: "Abudefduf sexfasciatus — Ryby. The scissortail sergeant or striptailed damselfish (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) is a large damselfish in the family Pomacentridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/scissortail-sergeant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Scissortail Sergeant

> Abudefduf sexfasciatus — Ryby. The scissortail sergeant or striptailed damselfish (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) is a large damselfish in the family Pomacentridae.

- Scientific name: *Abudefduf sexfasciatus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 6278
- Wikidata: [Q962972](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962972)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49401](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49401)

## Names

- en: Scissortail Sergeant
- de: Scherenschwanz-Sergeant
- es: Sargento Mayor de seis bandas
- fr: Sergent-major à queue en ciseaux

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1121), NC (440), EG (371), FJ (369), PF (333), ID (318), TH (263), MY (206), JP (181), PH (175), SC (162), TW (148)

## Summary

The scissortail sergeant or striptailed damselfish (Abudefduf sexfasciatus) is a large damselfish in the family Pomacentridae. It earns its name from the black-striped tail and sides, which are reminiscent of the insignia of a military Sergeant, being similar to those of the sergeant major damselfish. It grows to a length of about 16 centimetres (6.3 in). Scissortail sergeants live on coral reefs at depths of up to 15 metres (50 ft) in tropical reaches, often living in a group surrounding a single head of coral. They are found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Red Sea.
The fish feed upon the larvae…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48859858

## Machine access

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