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Crown Squirrelfish

Sargocentron diadema

Crown Squirrelfish — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
uncommonwhiteredstripedvenomousnocturnalsmallreef
Habitat
Reef
Max size
17 cm
Depth
2-30 m
Family
Holocentridae

Sargocentron diadema, known commonly as the crowned squirrelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Holocentridae, which is the only family in the order Holocentriformes. Squirrelfish in general are large, active, nocturnal fish which are usually red in color.

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Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Crown Squirrelfish
This oneCrown Squirrelfish
Samurai Squirrelfish
Look-alikeSamurai Squirrelfish

Both are small squirrelfish striped red and white, hiding under ledges by day. Crown Squirrelfish has broad red stripes and narrower white ones, two white streaks on the gill cover, and a spiny dorsal fin that is reddish black to black with two white streaks. Samurai Squirrelfish's red stripes are slightly narrower than the white ones, and its spiny dorsal fin is red, not black.

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