PINK SQUIRRELFISH

Sargocentron tiereoides

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Beryciformes +
      - Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes +
        
        Sargocentron +
        
        Pink squirrelfish
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Found in relatively deep waters of outer reef slopes and has been collected on reef flat and lagoon patch reefs. Feeds mainly on benthic crabs and shrimps at night. Spine of preopercle venomous.

	Scorpaena agassizii Goode & Bean, 1896 Longfin scorpionfish
	Fowleria vaiulae (Jordan & Seale, 1906) Mottled cardinalfish
	Johnius borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) Sharpnose hammer croaker
	Platygobiopsis akihito Springer & Randall, 1992
	Pempheris adspersa Griffin, 1927 Bigeye

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