Biology:Sargocentron

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Sargocentron is a genus of squirrelfish (family Holocentridae) found in tropical parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, with the greatest species diversity near reefs in the Indo-Pacific.[1] Being largely or entirely nocturnal, they have relatively large eyes. Red and silvery colours dominate. The preopercle spines (near the gill-opening) are venomous and can give painful wounds.[2][3] Most have a maximum length of 15–25 cm (6–10 in), but S. iota barely reaches 8 cm (3 in), and S. spiniferum can reach more than 50 cm (20 in).[1]

Species

There are currently 31 recognized species in this genus:[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Sargocentron in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. Allen, G. (1999). Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and south-east Asia. ISBN 0-7309-8363-3. 
  3. Debelius, H. (1993). Indian Ocean Tropical Fish Guide. ISBN 3-927991-01-5. 
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Sargocentron". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Sargocentron. 
  5. Kotlyar, A.N. (2017). "Holocentridae from Borodino Submarine Elevation (Philippine Sea)". Journal of Ichthyology 57 (1): 37–44. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS0032945217010076. 

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