Holocentridae

sabre squirrelfish

Sargocentron spiniferum

Long spine on preoperculum

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Large
• Tropical fish

sabre squirrelfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 51 cm.