Armed Squirrel-fish
Neoniphon sammara
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Holocentriformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Neoniphon
Where to Find
Found in 72 diving areas across 37 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 8 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 33 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 32 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 24 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 22 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 66 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 12 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 6 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 41 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 42 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 9 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 12 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 67 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 96 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 126 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 12 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 27 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 140 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 15 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 12 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 160 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 53 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 76 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 5 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 15 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 30 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 7 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 10 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 9 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 6 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 12 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 6 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 15 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 79 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 5 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 5 records
- Safaga, Egypt - 5 records
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 63 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 6 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 4 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 41 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 6 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 6 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 7 records