Giant Squirrelfish
Sargocentron spiniferum
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 52 diving areas across 30 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 11 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 24 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 18 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 26 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 54 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 15 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 27 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 21 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 4 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 12 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 71 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 110 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 150 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 5 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 16 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 59 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 7 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 8 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 160 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 65 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 143 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 5 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 12 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 5 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 6 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 7 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 7 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 7 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 40 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 6 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 36 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 6 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 6 records