Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Abudefduf concolor
sargento mayor, Sergeant majors
Color gray with 4-5 relatively narrow whitish bars; most of body scales with narrow dark outline; wedge-shaped black mark on pectoral fin base; lips whitish. Length about 20 centimeters
Habitat: Agitated areas of the rocky shore along the lava coast
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Ovalentaria incertae sedis
Family
Pomacentridae
Genus
Abudefduf
Species
concolor
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Euschistodus concolor Gill, 1862, Pomacentrus robustus Günther, 1862, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, El Salvador to Perú and Ecuador in Galápagos
- Allen, G.R. (1994) Fishes NT-Complete
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Abudefduf concolor", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7714. Accessed 4 November 2026.