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Updated 4/9/2020

Family Holocentridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Neoniphon opercularis


Palau

Yap

Coconut Point, Tutuila, American Samoa

BLACKFIN SQUIRRELFISH 

Locally common under ledges along outer reefs.  Spiny dorsal fin with black central stripe.  Attains 14 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa and the Tuamotus, excluding Hawaii.