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Spiny squirrelfish (Sargocentron lepros)
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Spiny squirrelfish (Sargocentron lepros) specimen
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Holocentridae

Spiny squirrelfish

Sargocentron lepros

Twenty Centimeters Holocentrid Fish of Indo Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Spiny squirrelfish is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 20 cm.

Maximum length
20 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to Australia eastward to Fiji and Samoa. Recently recorded from the Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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