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Pomacentridae
cow pilot
Abudefduf saxatilis
Atlantic reef cleaners picking parasites off sea turtles
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Deep-bodied
Mediumcow pilot is a marine fish of Atlantic reefs. It sometimes approaches sea turtles and picks parasites from their bodies as a cleaner.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Abudefduf
- Maximum length
- 22.9 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Atlantic Ocean: Canada (Ref. 5951 ) to Rhode Island, USA to Uruguay in the western Atlantic, abundant on Caribbean reefs; around islands of the mid-Atlantic, Cape Verde, and along the tropical coast of western Africa south to Angola. This species is strictly an Atlantic species. It is replaced in the Indo-Pacific region by the closely related Abudefduf vaigiensis (G. Allen, pers. comm.).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
