Neoniphon sammara: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Holocentriformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Neoniphon
- Species
- Neoniphon sammara
- Scientific Name
- Neoniphon sammara
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Neoniphon sammara
Neoniphon sammara, the sammara squirrelfish, also known as the blood-spot squirrelfish, slender squirrelfish, spotfin squirrelfish, armed squirrel-fish or javelin squirrelfish, is a species squirrelfish found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean from East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands. It feeds on shrimps and small crabs and fish at night and can grow up to 32.0 centimetres (12.6 in) TL in length, though its common length is only 23.0 centimetres (9.1 in) TL. Like N. opercularis, it has a venomous spine on its preopercle.
...Neoniphon sammara in languages:
- Chinese
- 莎姆新東洋金鱗魚
- Czech
- pruhatec skvrnoploutvý
- Dutch
- Vlekvin Eekhoornvis
- English
- Spotfin Squirrelfish
- English
- Bloodspot Squirrelfish
- English
- Slender Squirrelfish
- English
- Armed Squirrel-fish
- English
- Sammara Squirrelfish
- English
- Javelin Squirrel-fish
- English
- Blood-spot Squirrel-fish
- French
- Poisson-écureuil tacheté
- German
- Blutfleck-Husar
- Japanese
- ウケグチイットウダイ
- Japanese
- ウケグチイットウダイ
- Portuguese
- Peixe-esquilo-de-Sammara
- Russian
- Пятнистый пламенщик
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