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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775) 
AphiaID: 217950

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBeryciformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentridae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSargocentron (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSargocentron spiniferum (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSargocentron Fowler, 1904
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSciaena spinifera Forsskål, 1775
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAdioryx spinifer (Forsskål, 1775)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrum binotatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrum leo Cuvier, 1829
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrum melanopterus Bleeker, 1855
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrum spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrum unipunctatum Günther, 1874
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrus bowiei Jordan & Snyder, 1905
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrus spinifer (Forsskål, 1775)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrus spiniferus (Forsskål, 1775)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrus verticalis Seale, 1906
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolocentrus xanthurus Fowler, 1944
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerca spinifer (Forsskål, 1775)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSargocentron spinifer (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSciaena spinifera Forsskål, 1775
Sources  basis of record Smith, J.L.B. & Smith, M.M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsabre squirrelfish  [details]
Japanese Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorトガリエビス  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Comores
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorComores [details]
Djibouti
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDjibouti [details]
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorChagos [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReunion [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCargados Carajos [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRodriguez [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAscarophis (Dentiascarophis) adioryx Machida, 1981 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAscarophis holocentri Parukhin, 1984 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaligus ligatus Lewis A.G., 1964 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (15 nucleotides; 16 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Inhabits a variety of reef zones from reef flats to lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 122 m and is fairly common in areas not subjected to heavy spearfishing. Juveniles inhabit shallow protected reefs. A nocturnal species that feeds on crabs, shrimps and small fishes. Spine of preopercle venomous. [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSpelling Adioryx spinifer in Randall <307>. [details]
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217950
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-10 09:47:00Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2008). Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217950 on 2017-06-23
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