Holocentrinae

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Holocentrinae
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Holocentrus rufus
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Holocentrinae

Genera[1]

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Holocentrinae is a subfamily of the Holocentridae fish. Two genera of Squirrelfishes of the subfamily Holocentrinae are found in the Indo-Pacific region: Neoniphon (Flammeo of recent authors) and Sargocentron (Adioryx of most recent authors). A total of 19 species of these two genera occur in the Indian Ocean west of the southern tip of India[2]

They are typically known as squirrelfish. They are nocturnal.

References

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  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Holocentridae" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
  2. Randal, J.E. and Heemstra, P.C. 1985. A review of the squirrelfishes of the subfamily Holocentrinae from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 49. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.