Redcoat (Mediterranean squirrelfish, Redcoat squirrelfish) (Eng) - Sargocentron rubrum (Lat) - grows to 32 cm (usually 27 cm)
feeds on benthic crustaceans and small fish
Habitat:
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific - Maldives, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, warm waters around coral reefs
, entered the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal
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