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Family Pomacentridae

HAWAII

Abudefduf abdominalis x A. vaigiensis

Portlock, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Tonggs Wreck, Oahu, 15 feet

Tonggs Wreck, Oahu, 15 feet

 

YO-257 wreck, Oahu, 50 feet

HYBRID SERGEANT     mamo

Hybrids between the endemic Hawaiian Sergeant and alien Indo-Pacific Sergeant have been observed from O’ahu to Midway Atoll since year 2000.  Greenish-yellow with five bold black bars, the last bar continuing across the caudal peduncle, silver tail with a faint black spot at its base, snout only slightly protruding.