Holocentridae

violet squirrelfish

Sargocentron violaceum

Forty Five Centimeters Holocentrid Fish of the Indian Ocean

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

Sargocentron violaceum, the violet squirrelfish, is a nocturnal species of squirrelfish in the genus Sargocentron. It can be found in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean from Aldabra and the Laccadive Islands to the Society Islands, north to Ryukyu, Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef, and from Palau to the eastern Caroline and Marshall Islands in Micronesia. It is an uncommon inhabitant atoll reef flats, lagoon patch reefs, and steep outer reef slopes.