Silver Squirrelfish
Sargocentron microstoma
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 27 diving areas across 18 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 17 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 13 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 82 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 5 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 94 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 8 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 16 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 29 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 50 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 4 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 19 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 5 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 4 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 5 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 2 records