Horned Squirrelfish
Sargocentron cornutum
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
- Sargocentron
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 11 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 8 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 4 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 28 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 10 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 45 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 44 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 42 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 14 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 4 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records