Sargocentron seychellense

Sargocentron seychellense, the yellow-tipped squirrelfish, is a species of squirrelfish belonging to the genus Sargocentron. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean in Oman, the St. Brandon Shoals, Yemen in the Socotra Archipelago, Mauritius, Réunion, Comoros, Madagascar, the Chagos Archipelago and Seychelles, which it is named after.^[1] It inhabits shallow waters of coral reefs and rocky shores, and is often found between branching corals.^[2]

Sargocentron seychellense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Holocentridae
Genus:	Sargocentron
Species:	S. seychellense
Binomial name
Sargocentron seychellense (J. L. B. Smith & M. M. Smith, 1963)
Synonyms
Holocentrus seychellensis J. L. B. Smith & M. M. Smith, 1963 Centropomus ruber Lacépède, 1802