Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Panamic Soldierfish
Myripristis leiognathus
Panamic Soldierfish
Category: Soldierfishes
Scientific Name: Myripristis leiognathus
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 10-80 ft. (3-25 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Holocentriformes (Order)
     └Holocentridae (Family) Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes
      └Myripristinae (Subfamily) Soldierfishes
       └Myripristis (Genus)
        └M. leiognathus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276199🔗
iNaturalist ID: 106368🔗

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