What is "abudefduf"

Abudefduf \Abudefduf\ prop. n. a genus comprising the damsel fishes.

Syn: genus Abudefduf.

Abudefduf also known as the sergeant-majors is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae.

The name is from Arabic abu, "the one with"; and def, "side", and the intensive plural ending -duf. So, the name means "the one with prominent sides".