Sealife guideThe Holocentridae familyThe taxonomy of marine species
Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

Blackbar soldierfishMyripristis jacobus

Blackspot squirrelfishSargocentron melanospilos

Clearfin squirrelfishNeoniphon argenteus

Longspine squirrelfishHolocentrus rufus

Pinecone soldierfishMyripristis murdjan

RedcoatSargocentron rubrum

Sabre squirrelfishSargocentron spiniferum

Sammara squirrelfishNeoniphon sammara

Scarlet soldierfishMyripristis pralinia

Shadowfin soldierfishMyripristis adusta

SquirrelfishHolocentrus adscensionis

Tailspot squirrelfishSargocentron caudimaculatum

Violet squirrelfishSargocentron violaceum
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(Raja brachyura)
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