Yellow-Striped Squirrelfish

Scientific Name: Sargocentron ensiferum
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Red with narrow yellow stripes dorsally and white stripes ventrally, yellow spiny dorsal fin with red margin.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Usually on seaward coral reefs or rocky bottoms in 18-50m.
Location: Pacific - Taiwan and S.W. Japan south to New Caledonia and Samoa; west to Hawaii and Pitcaim I. east of French Polynesia.

Violet Squirrelfish

Scientific Name: Sargocentron violaceum
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Red head, body purplish to brownish red with vertical bluish streak on each scale; rear margin of gill cover blackish.
Hide-out: Coral-rich clear water lagoons and seaward reefs to 25m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Vanuatu, Samoa, Line Is. in eastern Central Pacific. S.W. Japan to Australia.

Tailspot Squirrelfish

Scientific Name: Sargocentron caudimaculatum
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Red with varable amount of silvery white on rear body and tail base; silver-white streak above upper edge of gill cover.
Favourite: Solitary or form loose groups.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas of outer reefs, frequently on steep dropoffs in 6-40m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to French Polynesia. S. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.