Crown Squirrelfish, Barred Squirrelfish, Crowned Squirrelfish, Red Squirrelfish
Sargocentron diadema, Tanzania, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Sargocentron diadema, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Sargocentron diadema, (Night Phase) Cook Islands, Photo: Graham Edgar
Sargocentron diadema, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Prominent narrow, red and white stripes along body, like many Sargocentron species (Squirrelfishes), but also has white tail base. White patch on tail base not as extensive as on S. caudimaculatum (Whitetail Squirrelfish) which lacks body stripes. Night phase has a white blotch on upper tail base rather than being completely white and a broad oblique white bar on back.
Information
Max Size: 17 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 21.1-32.8°C
Depth: 1-60m
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef, Soft sediment
Habitat Generalisation Index: 7.6
Also referred to as the SGI (Species generalisation index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species.
Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most
hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here
Rarity
Threats: Exploitation
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (8% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (3 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland
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