Marine Life

Pink-striped squirrelfish

Berebedhi raiverimas

Sargocentron tiereoides

Sargocentron tiereoides is an uncommon species, and the first record of it from the Maldives was reported in the Catalogue of Fishes of the Maldives Vol. 3, p. 388-89. This record was based on a specimen collected from a cave at 35 m on the outer reef slope by Dr John E Randall and MRS staff.

Details

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size: Max. 16.5 cm
color: Striped silvery red. Red stripes and silvery interspaces of about equal width. Spiny dorsal red with white tips. Other fins red; anal and pelvics with white leading edge.
order: Beryciformes
family: Holocentridae
image url: https://assets.explore.mv/fishes/sargocentron-tiereoides.png
habitat and biology: Connected to coral reefs. Active at night.
distinctive characters: This species has a dorsal fin with 11 spines and 12-14 rays, an anal fin with 4 spines and 9-10 (usually 9) rays, a pectoral fin with 14-16 rays, a body depth of 2.7-3.0 in standard length, a nasal fossa without spinules, and a preopercular spine about two-thirds of the eye diameter.