Abudefduf, sergeant-majors, is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. The name is from Arabic abu literally meaning `father` but not in a literal sense; it means `the one with`, and def meaning `side`, and the intensive plural ending -duf. So, the name means `the one (fish) with prominent sides`. ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abudefduf