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Sargocentron poco

Sargocentron poco, the saddle squirrelfish, is a species of squirrelfish belonging to the genus of Sargocentron. It is found in the Western Central Atlantic Ocean from the United States to the Cayman Islands, and in the Bahamas. It may also possibly be found in Cuba. It is likely to be more commonly found inhabiting shelf-edge reefs.

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Sargocentron poco
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Holocentridae
Genus: Sargocentron
Species:
S. poco
Binomial name
Sargocentron poco
(Woods, 1965)2
Synonyms

Holocentrus poco Woods, 1965
Adioryx poco Woods, 1965

Sargocentron poco, the saddle squirrelfish, is a species of squirrelfish belonging to the genus of Sargocentron.34 It is found in the Western Central Atlantic Ocean from the United States to the Cayman Islands, and in the Bahamas. It may also possibly be found in Cuba.5 It is likely to be more commonly found inhabiting shelf-edge reefs.6

References

References

  1. Williams, I. & Greenfield, D. (2016). "Sargocentron megalops". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. "Sargocentron poco (Woods, 1965)". World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Woods, Loren P. (1965). "A new squirrel fish, Adioryx poco of the family Holocentridae from the Bahama Islands". Notulae Naturae. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences. ISSN 0029-4608.
  4. Matsuura, Keiichi; Shimizu, Takeshi (1982). "The Squirrelfish Genus Adioryx, a Junior Synonym of Sargocentron". Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 29 (1): 93–94. doi:10.11369/jji1950.29.93.
  5. "Sargocentron poco". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  6. "Sargocentron poco". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-09-04.