Violet squirrelfish

The Violet squirrelfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 1 - 30 m , usually 1 - 15 m environment.

Violet squirrelfish; Squirrelfish; Spotfin squirrelfish; Reef squirrelfish; Dusky squirrelfish; Blackblotch squirrelfish; Speckled squirrelfish; Threespot squirrelfish; Red squirrelfish; Deepwater squirrelfish; Samurai squirrelfish; Pink squirrelfish; Tinsel squirrelfish; Giant squirrelfish; Silverspot squirrelfish; Clearfin squirrelfish; Smallmouth squirrelfish; Sabre squirrelfish; Longspine More

Violet squirrelfish - Myripristis violacea Up one level Click thumbnail for more information More

Common names

Baga in Waray-waray
Baga-baga in Cebuano
Baga-baga in Chavacano
Baga-baga in Davawenyo
Baga-baga in Hiligaynon
Baga-baga in Tagalog
Baga-baga in Waray-waray
Bagsang in Ilokano
Bungguh in Chavacano
Bungo in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug
Ganting in Davawenyo
Ganting in Tagalog
Ganting in Visayan
Kaduva in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
Lolong batu in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Malau-tifa in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Malau-uli in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Pakan in Other
Parangan in Hiligaynon
Puyo-puyo in Cebuano
Red-faced squirrelfish in English
Redface squirrelfish in English
Sapekang in Austronesian (Other)
Sapekang in Carolinian
Sigang batuhan in Tagalog
Suga in Bikol
Suga in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug
Suga in Tagalog
Suga-suga in Visayan
Sugac in Ilokano
Sugo in Bikol
Sumire-ebisu in Japanese (日本語)
tekuru in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Violet squirrelfish in English
White-edged squirrelfish in English
Witrand-soldaat in Afrikaans
കടുവ in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
白边棘鳞鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
白邊棘鱗魚 in Mandarin Chinese
紫鰃 in Mandarin Chinese
紫鳂 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Beryciformes
Family : Holocentridae
Genus : Sargocentron
Species : Sargocentron violaceum
Authority : Bleeker, 1853