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Holocentridae - English
URL: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/holocent.htm

Classification: Taxonomy, Relation With Other Groups. Natural Range. Species of Interest/Use to Aquarists. Selecting Healthy Specimens.

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Species Summary for Plectrypops retrospinis - Cardinal soldierfish - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=3253

Remains in deep recesses during the day. Rarely seen.

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Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier) - Japanese
URL: http://www.kunsan.ac.kr/fishes/fish230/fish53.html

Image.

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Japanese Soldierfish, Ostichthys japonicus - English
URL: http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/ojaponic.htm

The Japanese Soldierfish can be recognised by a combination of characters that include its red colouration, deep body, large eye and large ctenoid scales. It has a broad V-shaped gap between the bones on the snout when viewed from above (the premaxillary groove) and lacks a strong preopercular spine.

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Myripristis berndti - Japanese
URL: http://kameya.cside5.jp/myphoto01/saipan2001/akamatukasa.htm

Image.

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Myripristis - English
URL: http://www.hawaii.edu/loseylab/myripris.htm

Myripristis berndti, a common Hawaiian soldierfish shown below, looks much like other species in the same genus to our eye: all are silvery red with a single bar behind the gill cover.

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Photo of Squirrelfish, Sargocentron spiniferum - English
URL: http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/squirrelfish2.html

Photograph of Sabre Squirrelfish taken in the Red Sea.

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Species Summary for Sargocentron diadema - Crown squirrelfish - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=4699&genusnam

A common species that inhabits shallow coral reefs and lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of 30 m or more. Occurs under ledges or in crevices during the day and feeds on isopods; at night it roams over open sand and low-profile reef areas to feed on polychaetes and small crabs.

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Spotfin Squirrelfish, Neoniphon sammara - English
URL: http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/nsammara.htm

The Spotfin Squirrelfish is silvery-pink above and silver below. It has a red to black spot on each scale and a red stripe along the lateral line. The common name refers to the large dark red spot at the front of the dorsal fin.

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Species Summary for Holocentrus rufus - Longspine squirrelfish - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Holocentrus&species

Nocturnal, inhabits clear reefs. Found near mouths of caves and holes; at night they usually move to sandy areas and grass beds to feed on crabs, shrimps, gastropods and brittle stars.

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Longspine squirrelfish (Holocentrus rufus) - English
URL: http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/EngNames/longspine_squirrelfish.html

Animal Pictures Archive's Species Search Start Point.

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Species Summary for Corniger spinosus - Spinycheek soldierfish - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Corniger&speciesnam

Western Atlantic: South Carolina, USA to Cuba and Brazil. Easterm Atlantic: reported from St. Helena.

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Holocentridae: Holocentrinae: Sarcocentron - Finnish
URL: http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Actinopt

Cladogram.

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Holocentridae - English
URL: http://cichlidresearch.com/fish_html/fholocen.html

The Family Holocentridae contains these Genera: Corniger, Holocentrus, Neoniphon = Flammeo, Sargocentron = Adioryx, Myripristis, Ostichthys, Plectrypops = Holotrachys, Pristilepis.

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Family Holocentridae - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=243

Distribution: tropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

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Knochenfische Soldatenfisch, Husarenfisch - Holocentridae - German
URL: http://www.starfish.ch/Korallenriff/Soldatenfisch.html

Soldatenfisch, Husarenfisch (Merkmale, Biologie, Vorkommen, Verhalten).

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InterNevod: рыбы-белки (Holocentridae) - Russian
URL: http://www.internevod.com/rus/academy/bio/k_fish/holocentridae.shtml

Это семейство, заключающее 9 родов и около 50 видов, очень характерно для сообщества мелководных коралловых рифов. Рыбы-солдаты (рыбы-белки) ведут преимущественно ночной образ жизни, а днем их можно обнаружить только в расщелинах и гротах между кораллами, где они скрываются от врагов.

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