Scientific Name	Sargocentron praslin   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Lacepède, 1802)	Depth	1 - 5M
Chinese	普拉斯林棘鱗魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	金鱗魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F282　Holocentridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	褐斑棘鱗魚
Max Length	32 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	金鱗甲、鐵甲兵、瀾公妾、鐵線婆
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、ShaoLiuChew、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Savo, Solomon Islands [New Georgia Sound, Solomon Sea, western Pacific], depth 1-2 meters [Original locality Port Praslin, New Britain]
Synonyms	Adioryx ruber, Holocentrum marginatum, Holocentrus ruber, Holocentrus rubrum, Perca praslin, Sargocentron paraslin
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2008)；Randall, J.E, 1998. Revision of the Indo-Pacific squirrelfishes (Beryciformes: Holocentridae: Holocentrinae) of the genus Sargocentron, with descriptions of four new species.. Indo-Pacific Fishe  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Randall, J. E. 1998 Iwatsuki, Y. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0056241. ASIZP0057590. ASIZP0058154. ASIZP0058830. ASIZP0060124. ASIZP0060740. ASIZP0065104. ASIZP0070025. ASIZP0073196. ASIZP0803307. ASIZP0805621. ASIZP0910760. ASIZP0913307. ASIZP0915621. FRIP21229. NMMBP02138. NMMBP02328. NMMBP02560. NMMBP03110. NMMBP08498. NMMBP08658. NMMSTP00027. NTOUP200611-803. NTOUP200611-821. NTOUP200611-825. NTUM07666. NTUM07669. NTUM07672. NTUM07673. USNM00346214. USNM00346215. USNM00346216.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Red soldier-fish; Port Praslin squirrelfish; Brownspot squirrelfish; Darkstriped squirrelfish; Dark-striped squirrelfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XI spines and 12-13 soft rays; anal fin with IV spines and 8-9 soft rays. Body with dark brown to brownish red stripes, alternating with silvery white stripes. The upper 2 dark stripes often ending in an elongate dark brown spot at the base of the soft portion of the dorsal fin; the third curving downward to end at mid-base of caudal fin; the 4th ending just before the caudal peduncle; the 5th and 6th stripes converging posteriorly on lower edge of caudal peduncle; 7th and 8th ending in a dark blotch at the rear base of soft part of anal fin. Four oblique scale rows on cheek; body depth 2.6-2.8 in SL; head length (HL) 2.65-2.9 in SL; short and blunt snout, length 4.4-5.1 in HL; interorbital width 3.9-4.4 in HL; mouth terminal to slightly inferior, maxilla often extending to below center of the eye, upper jaw length 2.35-2.55 in HL; premaxillary groove often reaching above anterior edge of orbit; anterior end of nasal bone ending in a spine; surface or medial edge of nasal bone spineless; nasal fossa without spinules (occasionally large specimens with one spinule on anterior edge of fossa); upper edge of first suborbital bone with a slightly retrorse lateral spine, followed by a low ridge of recumbent spinules; preopercular spine 1.5-2.2 in orbit diameter, 3.7-5.8 in HL; 3rd-5th dorsal spines subequal, the longest 1.85-2.2 in HL; 3rd anal spine 1.25-1.5 in HL.
habitats	Inhabits reef flats and shallow protected reefs, often in dead reef areas. Secretive during the day.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: East Africa south to Mozambique (but not the Red Sea) and east to the Marshall, except the northern Marshalls and Society islands.
Utility	Commercial species, edible.