Crown Squirrelfish

Scientific Name: Sargocentron diadema
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 17cm
Identification: Alternating red and white stripes; dark red to black spiny dorsal fin with white spine tips and white streak through middle.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Tidal flats and deeper areas of lagoon and seaward reefs to 40m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red sea and E. Africa to Hawaii and Pitcaim I. east of French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.

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