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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes
Family: Holocentridae
Genus: Myripristis
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (USA), Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; throughout the West Indies and the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 3724 ). Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121 ), Cape Verde, Principe, Ascension and St. Helena islands (Ref. 6537 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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