Silverspot squirrelfish
No sign-up needed. You can save notes on this device.
An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The silverspot squirrelfish has silver-edged scales on its red body.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Silverspot squirrelfish
- Scientific name
- Sargocentron caudimaculatum
- Japanese name
- クラカケエビス
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Beryciformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Sargocentron
It is active at night, and during the day it usually hides in the shade of rocks or in gaps in the coral.
How the Silverspot squirrelfish lives
It eats crabs and shrimp that live on the seabed. It also spends time in groups.
Museums Victoria沖縄美ら海水族館Basic data
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Range
- Indian to Pacific Oceans
Where the Silverspot squirrelfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- クラカケエビス
- 简体中文
- 尾斑棘鳞鱼
- 繁體中文
- 尾斑棘鱗魚
- Español
- Candil Platero
- Français
- Écureuil Tahitien
- Deutsch
- Silberfleck-Husarenfisch
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-esquilo-de-cauda-branca
- Italiano
- Pesce scoiattolo coda argento
- Русский
- Андаманская рыба-солдат
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — クラカケエビスChecked: 2026-11-04
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — クラカケエビスChecked: 2026-11-07
- Museums Victoria — Whitetail Squirrelfish, Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell 1838)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeRELATIVES
Others in Holocentridae
MORE TO MEET
