Sargocentron cornutum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Holocentriformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Sargocentron
- Species
- Sargocentron cornutum
- Scientific Name
- Sargocentron cornutum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sargocentron cornutum
Sargocentron cornutum, the threespot squirrelfish, is a member of the family Holocentridae native to the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to the Great Barrier Reef. It lives in coral reefs and drop-offs between depths of 6–40 m (20–131 ft). It is a nocturnal predator, feeding on crabs and shrimps by night and hiding under ledges or in caves by day. It can reach sizes of up to 27.0 cm (10.6 in) TL and has a venomous preopercle.
...Sargocentron cornutum in languages:
- Czech
- pruhatec třískvrnný
- English
- Three-spot Squirrelfish
- English
- Threespot Squirrelfish
- English
- Red-striped Squirrelfish
- English
- Horned Squirrelfish
- English
- Horned Squirrel-fish
- French
- Ecureuil à taches noires
- Russian
- Рогатая рыба-солдат
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Sargocentron borodinoensis
- Sargocentron bullisi
- Sargocentron caudimaculatum
- Sargocentron cornutum
- Sargocentron coruscum
- Sargocentron diadema
- Sargocentron dorsomaculatum
- Sargocentron ensifer
- Sargocentron hastatum
- Sargocentron hormion
- Sargocentron inaequalis
- Sargocentron iota
- Sargocentron ittodai
- Sargocentron lepros
- Sargocentron macrosquamis
- Sargocentron marisrubri
- Sargocentron megalops
- Sargocentron melanospilos
- Sargocentron microstoma
- Sargocentron poco
- Sargocentron praslin
- Sargocentron punctatissimum
- Sargocentron rubrum
- Sargocentron seychellense
- Sargocentron shimizui
- Sargocentron spiniferum
- Sargocentron spinosissimum
- Sargocentron tiere
- Sargocentron tiereoides
- Sargocentron violaceum
- Sargocentron wilhelmi
- Sargocentron xantherythrum