Sargocentron
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|55|0}} Early Eocene to Present 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.
| 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.{{FishBase genus | genus = Sargocentron | month = October | year = 2016 }} 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.Allen, G. 1999. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and south-east Asia. {{ISBN|0-7309-8363-3}}Debelius, H. 1993. Indian Ocean Tropical Fish Guide. {{ISBN|3-927991-01-5}} Most have a maximum length of {{convert|15|-|25|cm|abbr=on|0}}, but S. iota barely reaches {{convert|8|cm|abbr=on|0}}, and S. spiniferum can reach more than {{convert|50|cm|abbr=on|0}}.
Species
There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:
- Sargocentron borodinoensis Kotlyar, 2017Kotlyar, 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.
- 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
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