Sealife guideThe Holocentriformes orderThe 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)

Blackspot squirrelfish
(Sargocentron melanospilos)

Clearfin squirrelfish
(Neoniphon argenteus)

Longspine squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)

Pinecone soldierfish
(Myripristis murdjan)

Redcoat
(Sargocentron rubrum)

Sabre squirrelfish
(Sargocentron spiniferum)

Sammara squirrelfish
(Neoniphon sammara)

Scarlet soldierfish
(Myripristis pralinia)

Shadowfin soldierfish
(Myripristis adusta)

Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)

Tailspot squirrelfish
(Sargocentron caudimaculatum)

Violet squirrelfish
(Sargocentron violaceum)

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Flabelline mauve
(Flabellina affinis)