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Sargocentron
xantherythrum
(Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
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| Hawaiian Name:
'Ala'ihi Common Name: Hawaiian Squirrelfish Distribution: Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Atoll |
| Remarks: This is the most abundant squirrelfish on Hawaiian coral reefs. Squirrelfishes are nocturnal; spending the daylight hours in caves and emerging at night to forage for prey. |
| Photo © 1997 by Richard L. Pyle This page last revised 12 June 1997 |