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Smallmouth squirrelfish
Sargocentron microstoma
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Smallmouth squirrelfish
- Scientific
- Sargocentron microstoma
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 183 m (usually 1 to 35 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A slender squirrelfish with red and white stripes of different widths and a white spiny dorsal fin edged in red, reaching about 20 cm. It lives in crevices and among staghorn and Pocillopora corals.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Sargocentron-microstoma.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sargocentron_microstoma_(Smallmouth_squirrelfish)_in_Acropo
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.