Blackspot Squirrelfish
Sargocentron melanospilos
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Sargocentron melanospilos, the blackbotch squirrelfish, is a species of squirrelfish in the genus of Sargocentron. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region in the Red Sea; Zanzibar, Tanzania; from Aldabra and Seychelles to the Marshall Islands and American Samoa; north to Taiwan, southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, and south to the southern Great Barrier Reef and the Chesterfield Islands. It is a relatively uncommon inhabitant of rocky reefs and coral-rich areas, and is usually seen solitary, but it also forms schools when in deeper water or oceanic areas.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Beryciformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Sargocentron