bigscale soldierfish

Myripristis berndti

Fish Reaching Thirty Centimeters in Indo Pacific

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

bigscale soldierfish is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes
Family: Holocentridae
Genus: Myripristis
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific: East Africa south to Natal, South Africa (but not from the Red Sea) and east to the Clipperton, Cocos and Galapagos islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands and south to the Great Barrier Reef, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe Island. Throughout Micronesia (Ref. 1602 ) and common throughout Oceania, being clearly absent only from Easter Island.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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