Sargocentron seychellense

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| genus = Sargocentron

| species = seychellense

| authority = (J. L. B. Smith & M. M. Smith, 1963)

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Holocentrus seychellensis J. L. B. Smith & M. M. Smith, 1963

Centropomus ruber Lacépède, 1802

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Sargocentron seychellense, the yellow-tipped squirrelfish, is a species of squirrelfish belonging to the genus Sargocentron. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean in Oman, the St. Brandon Shoals, Yemen in the Socotra Archipelago, Mauritius, Réunion, Comoros, Madagascar, the Chagos Archipelago and Seychelles, which it is named after.{{Cite web|title=Sargocentron seychellense country list|url=https://www.fishbase.de/Country/CountryList.php?ID=23254&GenusName=Sargocentron&SpeciesName=seychellense|access-date=2021-09-04|website=www.fishbase.de}} It inhabits shallow waters of coral reefs and rocky shores, and is often found between branching corals.{{Cite web|title=Sargocentron seychellense|url=https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Sargocentron-seychellense.html|access-date=2021-09-04|website=www.fishbase.de}}