Species that contain: Abudefduf and natalensis [ 1 ] records natalensis, Abudefduf Hensley [D. A.] & Randall [J. E.] 1983:2, Figs. 1, 2, 3a [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 25 (no. 6); ref. 8333] Reef off Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 12 meters. Holotype: BPBM 22734. Paratypes: BMNH 1917.5.1.6 (1), 1980.11.5.1 (1); BPBM 22732-33 (1, 1); CAS 47104 (1); MNHN 1980-1498 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 514 [ex 76-16] (27), 9121 (1), 9914 (1); USNM 223079 (1); WAM P.26529-001 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:28 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:30 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Abudefduf natalensis Hensley & Randall 1983 -- (Allen 1986:671 [ref. 5631], Scott & Roberts 1989:194 [ref. 22445], Allen 1991:234 [ref. 19344], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:330 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2018:260 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:40 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:121 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Abudefduf natalensis Hensley & Randall 1983. Pomacentridae: Glyphisodontinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) to Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La RĂ©union, Mauritius). Habitat: marine.
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