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Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell, 1838) 
AphiaID: 217940

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Holocentridae (Family) > Holocentrinae (Subfamily) > Sargocentron (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sargocentron Fowler, 1904
Synonymised
taxa		  Adioryx andamanensis (Day, 1871)
 Adioryx caudimaculatus (Rüppell, 1838)
 Holocentrum andamanense Day, 1871
 Holocentrum leonoides Bleeker, 1849
 Holocentrus andamanensis (Day, 1871)
 Holocentrus caudimaculatus Rüppell, 1838
 Holocentrus rubellio Seale, 1906
 Sargocentron caudimaculatus (Rüppell, 1838) (misspelling)
 Sargocentron caudomaculatum (Rüppell, 1838) (misspelling)
 Sargocentron caudomaculatus (Rüppell, 1838) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English silverspot squirrelfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Occurs in coral-rich areas of outer reef slopes and dropoffs from 6 to over 40 m. Nocturnal, feeds mainly on benthic crabs and shrimps. [details]

Remark: Adioryx caudimaculatus in Randall <307> [details]
Images 
Adioryx caudimaculatus
[image from synonym]
Adioryx caudimaculatus
added on 2008-08-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Sargocentron caudimaculatum
Sargocentron caudimaculatum
added on 2008-12-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217940
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-10 06:08:33Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell, 1838). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217940 on 2013-05-24
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