Red Squirrelfish
Sargocentron diadema
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 70 diving areas across 36 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 17 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 8 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 50 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 30 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 13 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 8 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 47 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 25 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 15 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 47 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 94 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 124 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 4 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 37 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 11 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 15 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 27 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 12 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 7 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 15 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 34 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 20 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 6 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 12 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 10 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 10 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 16 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 12 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 27 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 9 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 7 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 17 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 32 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 45 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 7 records
- Dahab, Egypt - 15 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 3 records
- Eilat, Israel - 11 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 13 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 13 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 28 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 28 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 13 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 11 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 11 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records