WoRMS taxon details
Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775)
159393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159393)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description This schooling species inhabits seagrass beds and hard-bottomed habitats from the reef flat to depths of 46 m or more on...
Distribution Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesan and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara and...
Description This schooling species inhabits seagrass beds and hard-bottomed habitats from the reef flat to depths of 46 m or more on lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on small crabs and shrimps during the night. Venomous spine at the corner of its preopercle. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9948). [details]
Distribution Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesan and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara and...
Distribution Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesan and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara and Hawaiian islands, northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Throughout Micronesia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159393 on 2021-02-25
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basis of record
Smith, J.L.B. & Smith, M.M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019)., available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019)., available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description This schooling species inhabits seagrass beds and hard-bottomed habitats from the reef flat to depths of 46 m or more on lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on small crabs and shrimps during the night. Venomous spine at the corner of its preopercle. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9948). [details]Diet Feeds on small fishes [details]
Distribution Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesan and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara and Hawaiian islands, northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Throughout Micronesia [details]
Habitat This schooling species inhabits seagrass beds and hard-bottomed habitats from the reef flat to depths of 46 m or more on lagoon and seaward reefs. Often found with branching Acropora coral. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, aquarium, bait [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sporfin squirrelfish [from synonym]sammara squirrelfish | [details] |
| Japanese | ウケグチイットウダイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (69 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Labrus angulosus Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Holocentrum sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Holocentrus sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spotfin squirrelfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus angulosus Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Kutaflammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrum sammana (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus rubrofuscus Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrum sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (56763 nucleotides; 104 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (56763 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To GenBank (56763 nucleotides; 104 proteins) (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoniphon sammara RAD118557-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoniphon sammara USNM 435198 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Labrus angulosus Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Holocentrum sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Holocentrus sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spotfin squirrelfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus angulosus Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Kutaflammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrum sammana (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus rubrofuscus Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrum sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (56763 nucleotides; 104 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (56763 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To GenBank (56763 nucleotides; 104 proteins) (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoniphon sammara RAD118557-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neoniphon sammara USNM 435198 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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