bigeye soldierfish

Ostichthys trachypoma

Fish Reaching Twenty Centimeters in the Brazilian Coast

bigeye soldierfish is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 20 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes
Family: Holocentridae
Genus: Ostichthys
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Atlantic: from New York south along the U.S. coast and widely in the Bahamas; including eastern Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana to the Florida Keys and northwestern Cuba. Throughout the Caribbean except the northwest quadrant in Yucatan and the Bay of Honduras and the Lesser Antilles; including south to Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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