WoRMS taxon details
Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775)
159393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159393)
accepted
Species
Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Holocentrum sammana (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Holocentrum sammara (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Holocentrus rubrofuscus Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted
Holocentrus sammara (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Kutaflammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Labrus angulosus Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted
Neoniphon hasta De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 48, xii [details]
page(s): 48, xii [details]
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. (2025). FishBase. Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159393 on 2025-01-19
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
original description
(of Labrus angulosus Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 430, 477, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 48, xii [details]
original description (of Holocentrus rubrofuscus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 343, 389 [details]
original description (of Neoniphon hasta De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 537-547. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://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]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 430, 477, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Sciaena sammara Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 48, xii [details]
original description (of Holocentrus rubrofuscus Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 343, 389 [details]
original description (of Neoniphon hasta De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 537-547. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://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]ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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 nektonic [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]
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 (79 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 (Neoniphon sammara)
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 FishBase images (Neoniphon sammara, Japan, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (56805 nucleotides; 157 proteins) (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (56805 nucleotides; 157 proteins)
To GenBank (56805 nucleotides; 157 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena 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 (Neoniphon sammara)
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 FishBase images (Neoniphon sammara, Japan, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (56805 nucleotides; 157 proteins) (from synonym Flammeo sammara (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (56805 nucleotides; 157 proteins)
To GenBank (56805 nucleotides; 157 proteins) (from synonym Sciaena 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
