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Blacktip soldierfish (Myripristis botche)
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Ecological Illustration of Blacktip soldierfish (Myripristis botche)
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Holocentridae

Blacktip soldierfish

Myripristis botche

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  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Blacktip soldierfish is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 30 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes
Family
Holocentridae
Genus
Myripristis
Water type
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
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