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Holocentridae
cardinal soldierfish
Plectrypops retrospinis
Deep Bodied Holocentrid Fish of South American Waters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Mediumcardinal soldierfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Plectrypops
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Bermuda (Ref. 9710 ), southern Florida (USA), and the Bahamas to northern South America.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
