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Holocentridae
Pink squirrelfish
Sargocentron tiereoides
Venomous spines on preopercle
- Pink
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Pink
Tropical
Africa
Fusiform
MediumPink squirrelfish is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 19.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Sargocentron
- Maximum length
- 19.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: East Africa (except the Red Sea) to the Line and Society Islands, north to Ryukyu and Wake Islands, south to Vanuatu; throughout Micronesia (Ref. 1602 ). Lessepsian migrant (Ref. 124038 ) to be confirmed because the species is absent from the Red Sea (NB303)..
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
