''Sargocentron macrosquamis'', the big-scale squirrelfish, is a species of
squirrelfish
Holocentrinae is a subfamily of Holocentridae containing 40 recognized species and one proposed species. Its members are typically known as squirrelfish and all are nocturnal. All three genera in the subfamily are found in the Atlantic and ''Hol ...
belonging to the genus of ''
Sargocentron
''Sargocentron'' is a genus of squirrelfish (family Holocentridae) found in tropical parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, with the greatest species diversity near reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Being largely or entirely nocturnal, they ...
''. It can be found in the Western
Indian Ocean, from the
Red Sea to
Mozambique, and in
Seychelles,
Maldives and the
Chagos Islands.
References
macrosquamis
Fish of the Indian Ocean
Fish described in 1984
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