Sargocentron poco, the saddle squirrelfish, is a species of squirrelfish belonging to the genus of Sargocentron.[3][4] It is found in the Western Central Atlantic Ocean from the United States to the Cayman Islands, and in the Bahamas. It may also possibly be found in Cuba.[5] It is likely to be more commonly found inhabiting shelf-edge reefs.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Holocentriformes |
| Family: | Holocentridae |
| Genus: | Sargocentron |
| Species: | S. poco
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| Binomial name | |
| Sargocentron poco | |
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Holocentrus poco Woods, 1965 | |
References edit
- ^ Williams, I. & Greenfield, D. (2016). "Sargocentron megalops". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Sargocentron poco (Woods, 1965)". World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Woods, Loren P. (1965). "A new squirrel fish, Adioryx poco of the family Holocentridae from the Bahama Islands". Notulae Naturae. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences. ISSN 0029-4608.
- ^ Matsuura, Keiichi; Shimizu, Takeshi (1982). "The Squirrelfish Genus Adioryx, a Junior Synonym of Sargocentron". Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 29 (1): 93–94. doi:10.11369/jji1950.29.93.
- ^ "Sargocentron poco". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
- ^ "Sargocentron poco". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
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