Rough Squirrelfish, Pristilepis oligolepis (Whitley 1941)
Other Names: Rough Squirrel Fish, Rough Squirrel-fish, Sawscale Soldierfish, Spinyface Soldier
A Rough Squirrelfish, Pristilepis oligolepis, at Midway Atoll. Source: Keoki Stender / FishWise Professional. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A reddish-orange to deep red squirrelfish with a white spot on each scale forming narrow stripes or lines along the sides. The deep U-shaped premaxillary groove is long with roughly parallel sides.
Video of a Rough Squirrelfish in an aquarium.
Video of a Rough Squirrelfish in an aquarium.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Pristilepis oligolepis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4449
Rough Squirrelfish, Pristilepis oligolepis (Whitley 1941)
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Distribution |
From off the Perth area to off Geraldton, Western Australia, and off Noosa, Queensland, to the Sir John Young Banks, northeast of Jervis Bay, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical and temperate, east-Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits deeper reefs, sheltering in or near crevices and caves during the day. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XII, 14-15; Anal fin IV, 11-12. |
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Feeding |
Feeds at night on zooplankton. |
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Species Citation |
Holotrachys oligolepis Whitley 1941, Aust. Zool. 10(1): 28, pl. 1(19). Type locality: between Cape Naturalist and Geraldton, Western Australia, depth 20-100 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Rough Squirrelfish, Pristilepis oligolepis (Whitley 1941)
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 (as Ostichthys pillwaxii)
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.
Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2
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Randall, J.E., Shimizu, T. & Yamakawa, T. 1982. A revision of the holocentrid fish genus Ostichthys, with descriptions of four new species and a related new genus. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(1): 1-26 figs 1-15 pls 1-2
Roberts, C.D. 2015. Family Holocentridae. pp. 1022-1024 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152.
Whitley, G.P. 1941. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. The Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1-50 figs 1-32 pls 1-2 Ref available at BHL
Williams, I. & Greenfield, D. 2016. Pristilepis oligolepis (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T67900591A115441358. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67900591A67906272.en. Downloaded on 27 April 2018.
