Shadowfin Soldierfish

Q: Where can you find Shadowfin Soldierfish?

Shadowfin Soldierfish can be found in: Laccadive Islands, Mariana Islands, Australia West, Malaysia East, Taiwan, Australia North, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Brunei, China, Myanmar, Tubbataha Reef, Australia, Hong Kong, Kenya, India, Japan South, India West, Thailand East, Thailand West, Oman, Oman East, Australia East, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Seychelles, Cambodia, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, South Africa, Japan, Indonesia, Chagos Islands, Mozambique, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Tonga and Samoa, Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Kiribati, Comoros, Fiji, Thailand, Somalia.

Myripristis adusta

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Myripristis adusta is a species of soldierfish belonging to the family Holocentridae.

Distribution

This species grows to a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) TL. The body is oval and laterally compressed and the scales are quite large. The eyes are large, as this fish is mainly nocturnal. The basic colour is pale pink, with deep blue to black scale margins. Median and caudal fins show a broad deep blue to black outer border.

Distribution

Myripristis berndti is widespread in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Habitat

This nocturnal species can be found on tropical reefs hiding in caves or under ledges by day, at depths of from 1 to 25 metres (3.3 to 82.0 ft). These fishes usually aggregate in small groups, often in mixed-species and mainly feed on plankton.