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Spiny squirrelfish
Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775)
AnimalsSun, big-eye, soldier and squirrel fish
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Reunion IslandMayotteNew CaledoniaPolynesiaRed Sea
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Sabre squirrelfishBritish English
- Longspine squirrelfish British English
- Long-jawed squirrelfishBritish English
- Giant squirrelfishBritish English
- Großdorn-Husar German (Germany)
- Riesen-HusarGerman (Germany)
- Candil sableEuropean Spanish
- Poisson-écureuil géantFrench (France)
- Poisson-écureuil à sabreFrench (France)
- Soldat arméFrench (France)
- Poisson-écureuil à grandes mâchoiresFrench (France)
- Poisson-écureuil à épine géantFrench (France)
- Marignan sabreFrench (France)
- Marignan géantFrench (France)
- CommissaireFrench (France)
- Cardinal lancetteFrench (France)
- BarraqueFrench (France)
- Pesce scoiattolo spinosoItalian (Italy)
- Togari-ebisuJapanese (Japan)
- Grootdoorn eekhoornvisDutch (Netherlands)
- Esquillo sabreEuropean Portuguese
Other invalid scientific names
- Adioryx spinifer
- Adioryx spiniferus
- Holocentrum binotatum
- Holocentrum leo
- Holocentrum melanopterus
- Holocentrum spiniferum
- Holocentrum unipunctatum
- Holocentrus bowiei
- Holocentrus spinifereus
- Holocentrus spiniferus
- Holocentrus spinifer
- Holocentrus verticalis
- Holocentrus xanthurus
- Perca spinifer
- Sargocentron spinifer
- Sciaena spinifera
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Sources
- LE BRIS Sylvain, LAMARE Véronique in : DORIS, 03/03/2018 : Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/1820
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/09/2026 : Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1775
Modification history
- Created by BioObs user on 18/09/2026
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