Pink squirrelfish
Sargocentron tiereoides
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Pink squirrelfish
- Scientific
- Sargocentron tiereoides
- Dhivehi
- ބެރެބެދި ރައިވެރިމަސްBerebedhi raiverimas
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length) (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 16.5 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 100 m (usually 0 to 15 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A small squirrelfish, silvery pink with red stripes of about equal width to the pale spaces, a pink spiny dorsal fin with a dark red band and white tips, and red fins. It lives mostly on outer reef slopes and feeds on crabs and shrimps at night.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name berebedhi raiverimas (MRS 1997). MRS notes it is uncommon; the first Maldives record came from a cave at 35 m on an outer reef slope.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Sargocentron-tiereoides.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ބެރެބެދި_ރައިވެރިމަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sargocentron_tiereoides_(USNM-431849).jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Berebedhi raiverimas' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ބެރެބެދި ރައިވެރިމަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form. FLAG: the source states no traditional name was recorded and this descriptive name was coined for the book; it is not an established fishermen's name.