Holocentrinae

"Squirrelfish" redirects here. For other uses, see Squirrelfish (disambiguation).

Holocentrinae is a subfamily of Holocentridae containing 40 recognized species and one proposed species. Its members are typically known as squirrelfish and all are nocturnal. All three genera in the subfamily are found in the Atlantic and Holocentrus is restricted to this ocean. Most species in genera Neoniphon and Sargocentron are from the Indo-Pacific region and several of these occur in the Indian Ocean west of the southern tip of India.^[2] A fossil genus of the subfamily is Eoholocentrum from the Early Eocene of Italy.^[3]

Holocentrinae Temporal range: Early Eocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holocentrus rufus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Holocentridae
Subfamily:	Holocentrinae J. Richardson, 1846
Genera[1]
Holocentrus Neoniphon Sargocentron

A rare example of the fish is featured in Ian Fleming's 1960 James Bond short story "The Hildebrand Rarity".