A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Holocentridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Holocentronotus amplus (Schwarzhans, 1980) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holocentronotus ventriosus (Schwarzhans, 1980) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| squirrelfishHolocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longspine squirrelfishHolocentrus rufus (Walbaum, 1792) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis astakhovi Kotlyar, 1997 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigscale soldierfishMyripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann, 1903 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis botche Cuvier, 1829 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann, 1903 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellow soldierfishMyripristis clarionensis Gilbert, 1897 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis earlei Randall, Allen & Robertson, 2003 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis gildi Greenfield, 1965 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis greenfieldi Randall & Yamakawa, 1996 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blacktip soldierfishMyripristis hexagona (Lacepède, 1802) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackbar soldierfishMyripristis jacobus Cuvier, 1829 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis kochiensis Randall & Yamakawa, 1996 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pearly soldierfishMyripristis kuntee Valenciennes, 1831 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panamic soldierfishMyripristis leiognathus Valenciennes, 1846 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blotcheye soldierfishMyripristis murdjan (Forsskål, 1775) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scarlet soldierfishMyripristis pralinia Cuvier, 1829 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis randalli Greenfield, 1974 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis robusta Randall & Greenfield, 1996 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis seychellensis Cuvier, 1829 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis trachyacron Bleeker, 1863 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis violacea Bleeker, 1851 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis vittata Valenciennes, 1831 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myripristis woodsi Greenfield, 1974 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes, 1831) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoniphon aurolineatus (Liénard, 1839) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoniphon coruscus (Poey, 1860) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longjaw squirrelfishNeoniphon marianus (Cuvier, 1829) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black squirrelfishNeoniphon opercularis (Valenciennes, 1831) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neoniphon pencei Copus, Pyle & Earle, 2015 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sammara squirrelfishNeoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longsnout soldierOstichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes, 1862) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ostichthys ovaloculus Randall & Wrobel, 1988 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ostichthys sheni Chen, Shao & Mok, 1990 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigeye soldierfishOstichthys trachypoma (Günther, 1859) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes, 1831) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| cardinal soldierfishPlectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot, 1853) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pristilepis oligolepis (Whitley, 1941) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silverspot squirrelfishSargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell, 1838) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| threespot squirrelfishSargocentron cornutum (Bleeker, 1854) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| reef squirrelfishSargocentron coruscum (Poey, 1860) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| crown squirrelfishSargocentron diadema (Lacepède, 1802) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sargocentron dorsomaculatum (Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1979) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sargocentron ensifer (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sargocentron hastatum (Cuvier, 1829) | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sargocentron hormion Randall, 1998 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sargocentron iota Randall, 1998 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sargocentron megalops Randall, 1998 | HolocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.