Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Blotcheye Soldierfish
Myripristis murdjan
Blotcheye Soldierfish
Also known as: Crimson Soldierfish
Category: Soldierfishes
Scientific Name: Myripristis murdjan
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Depth: 6-130 ft. (2-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Australia, Taiwan, Micronesia, Fiji
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. murdjan (Species)
WoRMS ID: 217925🔗
iNaturalist ID: 357466🔗

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