Indo-Pacific sergeant
Amazing fact
The Indo-Pacific sergeant has black bars on a white body and usually has a yellow back.
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The Indo-Pacific sergeant has black bars on a white body and usually has a yellow back.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Indo-Pacific sergeant
- Scientific name
- Abudefduf vaigiensis
- Japanese name
- オヤビッチャ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Abudefduf
Where the name “Indo-Pacific sergeant” comes from
The name oyabitcha is thought to come from a local name used in Okinawa.
新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海It lives along the coasts of Japan from Aomori to Kyushu, around the Ryukyu Islands, and in seas from India to the western Pacific.
How the Indo-Pacific sergeant lives
In southern Japan, juveniles are often seen in tide pools around summer.
宇久井ビジターセンターBasic data
- Diet
- Benthic animals, zooplankton, benthic algae, small invertebrates and other foods
- Range
- Aomori to southern Kyushu, Yakushima, the Ryukyu Islands, Jeju Island, southern Taiwan, and the Indian to western Pacific Oceans
Where the Indo-Pacific sergeant has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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Names around the world
- 日本語
- オヤビッチャ
- 简体中文
- 五带豆娘鱼
- 繁體中文
- 條紋豆娘魚
- 한국어
- 해포리고기
- Español
- Sargento mayor del Pacífico
- Français
- Sergent-major Indo-Pacifique
- Deutsch
- Indopazifischer Sergeant
- Português (Brasil)
- Sargento do Indo-Pacífico
- Italiano
- Pesce sergente maggiore
- العربية
- أبو دفدوف المخطط
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — オヤビッチャChecked: 2026-11-04
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — オヤビッチャChecked: 2026-11-07
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — オヤビッチャChecked: 2026-11-07
- Australian Museum — Indo-Pacific Sergeant, Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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