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Etymology: Sargocentron: Greek, sargos = sargus + Greek, kentron = sting (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Takeshi Shimizu is an ichthyologist at the Laboratory of Marine Zoology, Hokkaido University, Japan. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Randall.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 6 m (Ref. 27370). Tropical
Western Pacific: endemic to the Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27370); 6.7 cm SL (female)
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 4; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 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).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Known only from 2 specimens taken with dynamite in Sulawesi in 1909 (Ref. 27370).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Randall, J.E., 1998. Revision of the Indo-Pacific squirrelfishes (Beryciformes: Holocentridae: Holocentrinae) of the genus Sargocentron, with descriptions of four new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (27):105 p. (Ref. 27370)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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![Image of Sargocentron shimizui (Shimizu\](/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Sashi_u0.gif "Image of Sargocentron shimizui (Shimizu\")
