Sammara squirrelfish or Bloodspot squirrelfish

Sammara squirrelfish or Bloodspot squirrelfish

Category Fishes
Maximum length 32 cm
Class Actinopterygii
Order Holocentriformes
Family Holocentridae
Genus Neoniphon
Shoot place Ras Um Sid Bay
Shoot date 2022-10-20

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   Body is silvery or golden, fading to white below, with a row of narrow dark red or blackish stripes on the sides, a large distinctive black spot on the anterior dorsal fin that transitions into a wide reddish stripe across the fin, white tips of the spines, black spots on the cheek, and a wide reddish stripe on the gill cover.

 

 

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