Giant Squirrelfish

Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål 1775)

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Sargocentron spiniferum (Giant Squirrelfish) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family squirrelfishes. Individuals can grow to 31.5 cm.

EOL has data for 20 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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31.5 cm
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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35 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 includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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http//purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000049
harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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Saudi Arabia
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/102358
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Pseudohaliotrematoides falcatus
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Ascarophis (Dentiascarophis) adioryx Machida 1981
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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0.4575 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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29.336 degrees celsius
wet body mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodyMassWet
- Definition: Mass of one individual of this taxon, living or fresh, without desiccation
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726 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Giant Squirrelfish. View this species on GBIF

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