POMACENTRIDAE Abudefduf vaigiensis, 9.6 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura) Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) Indo-Pacific Sergeant D XIII, 12-14; A II, 11-13; P1 16-20; LLp 19-23. Body deep and compressed. Posterior margin of preopercle smooth. Suborbital scaled, with entire ventral margin. Teeth on jaws uniserial, incisor-like. Caudal fin forked; no conspicuous projecting spine-like rays at upper and lower edges of caudal-fin base. Color: ground color pale, gradually darkened dorsally on head, with a broad yellow patch on anterodorsal part of body; 5 blackish bars (slightly narrower than paler interspaces) from nape to caudal-fin base; caudal fin transparent or heavily tinged with black (but no pale leading edges). Size: 17 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found in shallow coral or rocky reefs.