Holocentrinae
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| Holocentrinae | |
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| Holocentrus rufus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Holocentridae |
| Subfamily: | Holocentrinae J. Richardson, 1846 |
| Genera[1] | |
Holocentrinae is a subfamily of the Holocentridae fish. Two genera of Squirrelfishes of the subfamily Holocentrinae are found in the Indo-Pacific region: Neoniphon (Flammeo of recent authors) and Sargocentron (Adioryx of most recent authors). A total of 19 species of these two genera occur in the Indian Ocean west of the southern tip of India[2]
They are typically known as squirrelfish. They are nocturnal.
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Holocentridae" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ↑ Randal, J.E. and Heemstra, P.C. 1985. A review of the squirrelfishes of the subfamily Holocentrinae from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 49. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.
External links
- "Holocentrinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- World Register of Marine Species link: Holocentrinae (+species list)
- "Holocentrinae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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