Dr. Paddy Ryan, USA
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(Gill, 1863)
Very special thanks for the first photo of Sargocentron suborbitale to the famous Australien ichthyologist Dr. Gerry R. Allen.
Dr. Allen has taken his photo at Mexiko.
The Tinsel squirrelfish is endemic to the Eastern Pacific, and is found from the Gulf of California, Mexico to Ecuador, including the Revillagigedo, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos islands.
Sargocentron suborbitale is demersal species can be found hiding in small caves or in crevices and cracks of rocks during the day.
At night, they feed on small crustaceans.
In the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panamá, this species could be found over exposed shallow rocky reefs, zones of massive corals, and zones of madreporic branching corals.
Source: IUCN Red List.
Synonyms:
Holocentrum suborbitale Gill, 1863 · unaccepted
Holocentrus suborbitalis Gill, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neoniphon suborbitalis (Gill, 1863) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Sargocentron suborbitalis (Gill, 1863) · unaccepted
Very special thanks for the first photo of Sargocentron suborbitale to the famous Australien ichthyologist Dr. Gerry R. Allen.
Dr. Allen has taken his photo at Mexiko.
The Tinsel squirrelfish is endemic to the Eastern Pacific, and is found from the Gulf of California, Mexico to Ecuador, including the Revillagigedo, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos islands.
Sargocentron suborbitale is demersal species can be found hiding in small caves or in crevices and cracks of rocks during the day.
At night, they feed on small crustaceans.
In the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panamá, this species could be found over exposed shallow rocky reefs, zones of massive corals, and zones of madreporic branching corals.
Source: IUCN Red List.
Synonyms:
Holocentrum suborbitale Gill, 1863 · unaccepted
Holocentrus suborbitalis Gill, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neoniphon suborbitalis (Gill, 1863) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Sargocentron suborbitalis (Gill, 1863) · unaccepted
