Sargocentron bullisi

Sargocentron bullisi, more commonly known as the deepwater squirrelfish, is a nocturnal, reef-associated predator of the family Holocentridae. It is native to the West Atlantic from North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil and throughout the Caribbean Sea. It lives 33 to 110 metres (108 to 361 ft) below the surface. It can reach sizes of up to 13.0 centimetres (5.1 in) SL.[2]

Deepwater squirrelfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Beryciformes
Family:
Holocentridae
Genus:
Sargocentron
Species:
S. bullisi
Binomial name
Sargocentron bullisi
(Woods, 1955)
Synonyms

Holocentrus bullisi Woods, 1955
Adioryx bullisi (Woods, 1955)
Holocentrus bullisss Woods, 1955

References
  1. Moore, J. (2013). "Sargocentron bullisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Sargocentron bullisi" in FishBase. January 2017 version.


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