Spotfin Squirrelfish

Neoniphon sammara

''Neoniphon sammara'', also known as the sammara squirrelfish, the blood-spot squirrelfish, the spotfin squirrelfish, the armed squirrel-fish, and the javelin squirrelfish, is a species squirrelfish found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean from East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands. It feeds on shrimps and small crabs and fish at night and can grow up to 32.0 centimetres TL in length, though its common length is only 23.0 centimetres TL. Like ''N. opercularis'', it has a venomous spine on its preopercle.
Sammara squirrelfish - Neoniphon sammara Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Neoniphon sammara,Sammara squirrelfish

Habitat

''N. sammara'' lives alone or in small groups on seagrass beds and hard substrates in reef flats and lagoons. It can be found at depths between 0 and 46 metres . Of its genus, it is the most likely to be found in shallow waters and it is often associated with Acropora corals, which it will use as shelter during the day.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderHolocentriformes
FamilyHolocentridae
GenusNeoniphon
SpeciesN. sammara
Photographed in
Indonesia