Abudefduf natalensis — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Pomacentridae/Abudefduf

At a glance

Occurrence records154

Data sources9

Biological traits7

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Abudefduf natalensis's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility110 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System44 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS154 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Abudefduf natalensis is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van rifbaarzen of koraaljuffertjes (Pomacentridae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1983 door Hensley & Randall.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length17 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max25 m

Depth min1 m

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Abudefduf natalensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type154 records

Wild obs. + sensor106

Museum / vouchered47

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO248 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit15

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 14.5 m · max 21 m · 15 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy63% within 1 km

≤100 m 31≤1 km 9≤10 km 5>10 km 19

64 georeferenced · 42 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor106

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 45 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence47

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	22
CASlocation not on record	1
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 24 of 47 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Abudefduf natalensis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median21.3 °C 19.0–23.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.80 °C

Max temp (day)24.5 °C 23.7–25.4

Min temp (night)17.5 °C 13.9–21.2

Precipitation128 mm/mo 101–156

Air humidity60.8 % 59.1–62.4

Vapour deficit991 Pa 894–1,088

Cloud cover26.1 % 25.7–26.5

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.