Yellowstriped squirrelfish

Neoniphon aurolineatus

Twenty Five Centimeters Holocentrid Fish from Australian Waters

Yellow
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Neoniphon aurolineatus, more commonly known as the yellowstriped squirrelfish or gold-lined squirrelfish, is a member of the family Holocentridae. Habitat It has a wide range throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans stretching east from Mauritius to Hawaii and south from Japan to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. It lives on the outer reef slopes at depths between 30 and 188 metres (98 and 617 ft).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes
Family: Holocentridae
Genus: Neoniphon
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Mauritius, Reunion, and the Comoros to the Hawaiian and Marquesan islands, north to southern Japan, sourth to the Great Barrier Reef (Ref. 37816 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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