[Image]Scientific Name: Sargocentron rubrum
Family: Squirrelfishes - Holocentridae
Maximum Size: 27cm
Identification: Alternating reddish brown and white stripes; often dark streak on tail base and on bases of rear dorsal and anal fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Frequently on silty reefs and wrecks in lagoons, bays and harbors to 84m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to S.W. Japan, south to Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.