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

cardinal soldierfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.