Peppered Squirrelfish

Scientific Name: Sargocentron punctatissimum
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 20cm
Identification: Pink gradating to silvery belly with fine spotting and indistinct stripes; spiny dorsal fin with white tips, red border and row of white spots below.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Tide pools, reef flats and sub-tidal reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red sea and E. Africa to Hawaii and Easter I. in southeastern Pacific. S. Japan to Australia.