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Holocentridae
deepwater soldier
Ostichthys kaianus
Holocentrid Fish of Japanese Waters
deepwater soldier is known from Indo-Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Ostichthys
- Maximum length
- 36 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Réunion to western Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea, north to the South China Sea and Ryukyu Islands of Japan, east to Samoa.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

