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Holocentridae
shadowfin soldierfish
Myripristis adusta
Holocentrid Fish from Easter Island
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- West Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Fusiform
MediumMyripristis adusta, common name shadowfin soldierfish, is a species of soldierfish belonging to the family Holocentridae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Myripristis
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: East Africa south to Natal, South Africa and east to the Line, Society, and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef. It has not been reported from the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Oman, or the Persian Gulf and is absent in the Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas, Pitcairn Group, and Easter Island (Ref. 12419 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
