Holocentridae

blackbar soldierfish

Myripristis jacobus

Twenty Five Centimeters Holocentrid Fish from Western Atlantic

• Black
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Myripristis jacobus, the blackbar soldierfish, is a soldierfish from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 25 cm in length.