Holocentrus rufus

Author
Walbaum, 1792
Common Names
  • Longspine Squirrelfish
  • Squirrelfish

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
32 meters
Overall Geographic Range
S Florida to Venezuela, Antilles
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • coral reef
References

  • Greenfield, D. W. 2002. Holocentridae. Pp. 1192–1204 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Woods, L. P., and P. M. Sonoda. 1973. Order Berycomorphi (Beryciformes). Pp. 395 in D. M. Cohen et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part 6. Heteromi, Cyprinodontoidei, Berycomorphi, Xenoberyces, Anacanthini (part) Macrouridae. Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir 1, New Haven.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-10-2024.

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