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Abudefduf taurus (Pilotfish; Night sergeant; Dovetail)

Synonyms: Abudefduf analogus; Euchistodus analogus; Glyphidodon taurus; Glyphisodon taurus; Nexilarius taurus
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Parazoanthus swiftii (Brown colonial anemone)[1]
Syringodium filiforme (manatee grass)[1]
Thalassia testudinum (turtlegrass)[1]
Umimayanthus parasiticus (Yellow colonial anemone)[1]
Zoanthus sociatus (Green sea mat)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Abudefduf saxatilis (Sergeant-major)1
Chaetodon capistratus (School mistress)1
Pomacanthus arcuatus (Pot cover)1
Pomacanthus paru (French angelfish)1

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Microcotyle donavini[3]
Neohaliotrema macracanthum[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0