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OCR: HOLOCENTRIDAE Sguirrelfishes Two subfamilies of fishes make up the holocentrids: Holocentrinae (squirrelfishes) and the Myripristinae (soldierfishes). While both subfamilies are gener- ally small, nocturnal fishes that are large- -eved and red in color, it easy TO distinguish the two because squirrelfishes have sharp noses while soldierfishes are more blunt-nosed. There are additional anatomical distinctions for example many the soldierfishes op not have pre- opercular spines and one obvious difference is that most squir 1OF3 eyed operculal