Sargocentron punctatissimum is a species of fish related to the squirrelfish. It can be kept with other nocturnal fish, including pinecone fish, glasseye squirrelfish, and cardinalfish. There are about 150 species of squirrelfish. Its eyes are very large, which is characteristic of all squirrelfish. Researchers have observed that the longspine squirrelfish makes sounds more frequently at dusk. Common are tuna, groupers, dolphin fish, barracuda, rainbow runner, trevally and squirrelfish and many more. The body of the longspine squirrelfish is silvery red, with orange-gold body stripes. The longspine squirrelfish is edible and harvested on a small scale. Most of the food longspine squirrelfish eat is zoobenthos, including crustaceans, mollusks, and gastropods. Longspine squirrelfish are marine fish that live in coral reefs. Holocentrus adscensionis is a squirrelfish of the family Holocentridae found in the Atlantic Ocean. The longspine squirrelfish ("Holocentrus rufus") is a silvery red, sea fish with orange-gold body stripes. Their sister order, the Beryciformes, includes the flashlight fish and squirrelfish. Squirrelfish in general are large, active, nocturnal fish which are usually red in color. Squirrelfish live in rocky or coral reefs in tropical and warm-temperate seas.