The Sargocentron ittodai, commonly referred to as the samurai squirrelfish, is a nocturnal marine species within the Sargocentron genus. This species is indigenous to the Indo-Pacific region, with a habitat range extending from the 🌊 Red Sea and Natal in 🇿🇦 South Africa to the Marquesan Islands, and from Southern 🇯🇵 Japan and the Ogasawara Islands down to New South Wales, 🇦🇺 Australia. Its preferred environment is the outer slopes of coral reefs, where it can be observed both individually and in groups. The samurai squirrelfish primarily consumes benthic crustaceans, including crabs and shrimps.
Why it's threatened
There are no known major threats to this species.
Threat classification from the IUCN Red List.
