Sealife guideThe Holocentridae familyThe taxonomy of marine species
Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

Blackbar soldierfish
(Myripristis jacobus)
(Myripristis jacobus)

Blackspot squirrelfish
(Sargocentron melanospilos)
(Sargocentron melanospilos)

Clearfin squirrelfish
(Neoniphon argenteus)
(Neoniphon argenteus)

Longspine squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
(Holocentrus rufus)

Pinecone soldierfish
(Myripristis murdjan)
(Myripristis murdjan)

Redcoat
(Sargocentron rubrum)
(Sargocentron rubrum)

Sabre squirrelfish
(Sargocentron spiniferum)
(Sargocentron spiniferum)

Sammara squirrelfish
(Neoniphon sammara)
(Neoniphon sammara)

Scarlet soldierfish
(Myripristis pralinia)
(Myripristis pralinia)

Shadowfin soldierfish
(Myripristis adusta)
(Myripristis adusta)

Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)
(Holocentrus adscensionis)

Tailspot squirrelfish
(Sargocentron caudimaculatum)
(Sargocentron caudimaculatum)

Violet squirrelfish
(Sargocentron violaceum)
(Sargocentron violaceum)
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Ver de feu
(Hermodice carunculata)
(Hermodice carunculata)
