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Spotfin Squirrelfish
Species IUCN · Least Concern (LC)

Spotfin Squirrelfish

Neoniphon sammara, (Forsskål, 1775)

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About Spotfin Squirrelfish

Neoniphon sammara, the sammara squirrelfish, also known as the blood-spot squirrelfish, slender squirrelfish, spotfin squirrelfish, armed squirrel-fish or javelin squirrelfish, is a species squirrelfish found in Indo-Pacific.

Habitat

This Indo-Pacific species is distributed from the east coast of Africa eastwards to the Marquesan Islands. It is found as far north as Japan and as far south as Lord Howe Island. It is also found in the Red Sea

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