Sammara Squirrelfish

Neoniphon sammara

Also known as: Armed Squirrelfish, Blood-drop Squirrelfish, Bloodspot Squirrelfish, Javelin Squirrelfish, Lonchin Soldierfish, Sam Soldierfish, Sammara Soldierfish, Slender Squirrelfish, Spotfin Silver Squirrelfish, Spotfin Squirrelfish

ALSO KNOWN AS

Armed Squirrelfish
Blood-drop Squirrelfish
Bloodspot Squirrelfish
Javelin Squirrelfish
Lonchin Soldierfish
Sam Soldierfish
Sammara Soldierfish
Slender Squirrelfish
Spotfin Silver Squirrelfish
Spotfin Squirrelfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016

VenomousKeep your distance

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Sammara Squirrelfish adult, photographed at Gan, Maldives — @fishx6 · Gan, Maldives · August 20071 / 8

Overview

Found singly or in schools, during the day close to Acropora corals, dispersing at night hunting for food, over hard bottoms and seagrass beds of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs. Venomous spines.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and small fish.

Squirrelfish are nocturnal hunters feeding near the bottom on small fish and swimming crustaceans. During the day they often congregate close to reefs and in caves, sometimes found upside down in caves.
Their colour can change greatly in different lights and if threatened.
Some of this family have venomous spines.

How to identify

COLOURS

Pattern: black spot spots stripes
Behaviour: changes colour nocturnal schooling shelters in caves solitary upside down

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Habitat & where to find it

Range · Indo-Pacific
Country only · 8

LIVES IN

Found singly or in schools, during the day close to Acropora corals, dispersing at night hunting for food, over hard bottoms and seagrass beds of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs.

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