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Red Squirrelfish
Sargocentron hastatum
Sargocentrum hastatum, the red soldierfish or the red squirrelfish is a species of marine fish of the Holocentridae (Holocentrids) family. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic, from the coasts of Portugal down to Angola and includes the Azores Islands and the nearby islands with the exception of the Madeira Islands.
From the article Sargocentron hastatum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
It occurs in rocky areas and reefs from the shoreline down to a depth of 200 metres (660 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
At the table
This fish is locally caught and marketed fresh or smoked, but not in abundance.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 476128.