Blackspot Squirrelfish

Sargocentron melanospilos (Bleeker 1858)

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Sargocentron melanospilos (Blackspot Squirrelfish) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family squirrelfishes.

EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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25 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Red Sea
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/4264
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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atoll
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000166
- Definition: An oceanic island, often having a characteristic ring-like shape surrounding a lagoon. Atolls are formed when coral reef grows around a volcanic island that later subsides into the ocean.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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reef
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000130
- Definition: A ridge of rocks, lying near the surface of the sea, which may be visible at low tide, but is usually covered by water.
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Caligus alaihi Lewis A. G. 1968
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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7 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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25.709 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of blackspot squirrelfish. View this species on GBIF

Mark Rosenstein cc-by-nc-sa-4.0