Sargocentron shimizui Randall, 1998
Shimizu's squirrelfish
Sargocentron shimizui
photo by Randall, J.E.

Family:  Holocentridae (Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes), subfamily: Holocentrinae
Max. size:  7.28 cm SL (male/unsexed); 6.72 cm SL (female)
Environment:  reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 6 m
Distribution:  Western Pacific: endemic to the Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 11-11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 4-4; Anal soft rays: 9-9; Vertebrae: 27-27. Light brown in color when preserved; color in life unknown. Five oblique scale rows on cheek; body depth 2.55 in SL; head length (HL) 2.5-2.55 in SL; lower jaw slightly projecting; pointed snout, its length 4.2 (4.15) in HL; orbit diameter 3.0 (2.85); least interorbital width 5.7 in HL; anterior end of nasal bone rounded; nasal bone spineless, including premaxillary groove; large nasal fossa without spinules; preopercular spine 2/3 orbit diameter; longest dorsal spine 2.4 in HL; 3rd anal spine 1.5-1.55 in HL (Ref. 27370).
Biology:  Known only from 2 specimens taken with dynamite in Sulawesi in 1909 (Ref. 27370).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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