Silver-grey body with a yellow-green back, 4-5 black bars on side and 1-2 black bars on tail base. Adults form large feeding aggregations of hundreds of individuals, which swim above the reef feeding on algae. Juveniles sometimes act as cleaners to Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas). This species is strictly an Atlantic Ocean species, it is replaced by very similar Abudefduf saxatilis (Sergeant Major) in the Indo-pacific region.

• Max Size: 23 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 22.3-30.9°C
• Depth: 0-20m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 24.8
  Also referred to as the SGI (Species generalisation index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here

• Threats: Invasive species
• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Common (23% of sites)
  Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
• Abundance: Many (22 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.