Biology:Sargocentron melanospilos

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Short description: Species of fish


Blackblotch squirrelfish
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Holocentriformes
Family: Holocentridae
Genus: Sargocentron
Species:
S. melanospilos
Binomial name
Sargocentron melanospilos
Bleeker, 1858
Synonyms

Holocentrum melanospilos Beeker,1858

Sargocentron melanospilos, the blackbotch squirrelfish, is a species of squirrelfish in the genus of Sargocentron. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region in the Red Sea; Zanzibar, Tanzania; from Aldabra and Seychelles to the Marshall Islands and American Samoa; north to Taiwan, southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, and south to the southern Great Barrier Reef and the Chesterfield Islands. It is a relatively uncommon inhabitant of rocky reefs and coral-rich areas, and is usually seen solitary, but it also forms schools when in deeper water or oceanic areas.[2]

References

  1. Williams, I.; Greenfield, D. (2015). "Sargocentron melanospilos". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2015. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/67902657/115444251. Retrieved 3 September 2021. 
  2. "Sargocentron melanospilos, Blackblotch Squirrelfish". https://www.fishbase.de/summary/5345. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1985614 entry