Samurai squirrelfish
Amazing fact
The samurai squirrelfish has a white stripe below the eye on its red head.
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The samurai squirrelfish has a white stripe below the eye on its red head.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Samurai squirrelfish
- Scientific name
- Sargocentron ittodai
- Japanese name
- テリエビス
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Beryciformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Sargocentron
It lives from Hachijojima, the Ogasawara Islands and the Ryukyus across the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, including the Red Sea.
It looks very much like the crown squirrelfish, but the white band on its dorsal fin runs all the way along.
How the Samurai squirrelfish lives
At night it leaves caves and ledges to search for food. It eats invertebrates living on the seabed. It lives on offshore reef slopes, in lagoons and around rocky outcrops.
Australian MuseumSolitary Islands Underwater Research GroupBasic data
- Range
- Hachijojima, Ogasawara Islands, Ryukyu Islands, southern Taiwan, Pratas Islands, and the Indo-Pacific, and elsewhere
Where the Samurai 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
- テリエビス
- 简体中文
- 银带棘鳞鱼
- 繁體中文
- 銀帶棘鱗魚
- Español
- Pez ardilla samurái
- Français
- Écureuil Samouraï
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-esquilo-samurai
- Русский
- Японская 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 — テリエビスChecked: 2026-11-04
- Australian Museum — Samurai Squirrelfish, Sargocentron ittodai (Jordan & Fowler, 1903)Checked: 2026-11-07
- Solitary Islands Underwater Research Group — Sargocentron ittodai (Jordan and Fowler, 1903)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.
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