Animals

...IN THE BREEDING SEASON THE COLOURS OF THE MALES CHANGE TO A VERY DARK BLUE AND THAT EVEN THE STRIPES MAY DISAPPEAR?

...the males guard the eggs until they hatch?
...IN THE BREEDING SEASON THE COLOURS OF THE MALES CHANGE TO A VERY DARK BLUE AND THAT EVEN THE STRIPES MAY DISAPPEAR?

 

SERGEANT MAJOR

 

Order: Perciformes.


Family: Pomacentridae.


Distribution:

Warm Seas, at Coral Reefs


Measurements:
10 – 15 cm.

Food:
Algae, crustacean, fish and some invertebrate larvae

Special characteristics:
They live in groups.

Status of the species: Not included in IUCN Red List 

*Find out this animal in Temperate and Tropical (Tropical Hall) of the Oceanogràfic