Sargocentron

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title: "Sargocentron" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sargocentron", "marine-fish-genera", "taxa-named-by-henry-weed-fowler"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/sargocentron" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargocentron" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| fossil_range = Early Eocene to Present | image = Sargocentron coruscum - pone.0010676.g039.png | image_caption = Sargocentron coruscum | taxon = Sargocentron | authority = Fowler, 1904 | type_species = Holocentrum leo | type_species_authority = G. Cuvier, 1829

Sargocentron is a genus of squirrelfish (family Holocentridae) found in tropical parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, with the greatest species diversity near reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Being largely or entirely nocturnal, they have relatively large eyes. Red and silvery colours dominate. The preopercle spines (near the gill-opening) are venomous and can give painful wounds. Most have a maximum length of 15 -, but S. iota barely reaches 8 cm, and S. spiniferum can reach more than 50 cm.

Species

There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:

• Sargocentron borodinoensis Kotlyar, 2017
• Sargocentron bullisi (Woods, 1955) (Deep-water squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell, 1838) (Silver-spot squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron cornutum (Bleeker, 1854) (Three-spot squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron coruscum (Poey, 1860) (Reef squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron diadema (Lacépède, 1802) (Crown squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron dorsomaculatum (Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1979) (Spot-fin squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron ensifer (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Yellow-striped squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron hastatum (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Red squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron hormion J. E. Randall, 1998
• Sargocentron inaequalis J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 1985 (Lattice squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron iota J. E. Randall, 1998 (Dwarf squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron ittodai (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902) (Samurai squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron lepros (G. R. Allen & N. J. Cross, 1983) (Spiny squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron macrosquamis Golani, 1984 (Big-scale squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron marisrubri J. E. Randall, Golani & Diamant, 1989
• Sargocentron megalops J. E. Randall, 1998
• Sargocentron melanospilos (Bleeker, 1858) (Black-blotch squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron microstoma (Günther, 1859) (Small-mouth squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron poco (Woods, 1965) (Saddle squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron praslin (Lacépède, 1802) (Dark-striped squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron punctatissimum (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Speckled squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) (Red-coat squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron seychellense (J. L. B. Smith & M. M. Smith, 1963) (Yellow-tipped squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron shimizui J. E. Randall, 1998 (Shimizu's squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775) (Sabre squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron spinosissimum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (North Pacific squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron suborbitale (T. N. Gill, 1863) (Tinsel squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron tiere (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Blue-lined squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron tiereoides (Bleeker, 1853) (Pink squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron vexillarium (Poey, 1860) (Dusky squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron violaceum (Bleeker, 1853) (Violet squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron wilhelmi (F. de Buen, 1963) (Wilhelm's squirrelfish)
• Sargocentron xantherythrum (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Hawaiian squirrelfish)

References

References

1. Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002): [http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera.] ''Bulletins of American Paleontology, 363: 1-560.''
2. {{FishBase genus. (2016)
3. Allen, G. 1999. ''Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and south-east Asia.'' {{ISBN. 0-7309-8363-3
4. Debelius, H. 1993. ''Indian Ocean Tropical Fish Guide.'' {{ISBN. 3-927991-01-5
5. Kotlyar, A.N. (2017): [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS0032945217010076 Holocentridae from Borodino Submarine Elevation (Philippine Sea).] ''Journal of Ichthyology, 57 (1): 37–44.''

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