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Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann, 1903

Blotcheye soldierfish
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Common names: Bigscale soldierfish, Blotcheye soldierfish, Yellow-fin squirrelfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Including Lord Howe I. (Ref. 8879, 75154) and Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Ref. 75154). Museum: Middleton Reef, AMS I.27144-023. Balmoral, NSW, AMS I.1721-001. Forster, AMS IB.8103. Queensland, Flinders Reef off Cape Moreton, QM I.28230. Noosa, Laguna Bay, QM I.16684. Byron Bay, Julian Rocks, QM I.28160. Yonge Reef, GBR, QM I.14956. Tijou Reef, QM I.16050, Long Reef, Kimberly District, W.A., WAM P.30308-006 (Ref. 12419). Also Ref. 33390.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990
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Common names from other countries

Marignan à œillères, Candil ojo manchado, Bigscale soldierfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Holocentriformes (Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes) > Holocentridae (Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes) > Myripristinae
Etymology: Myripristis: Greek, myros, -ou = male of morey eel + Greek, pristis = saw (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Jordan & Evermann.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 159 m (Ref. 90102), usually 3 - 15 m (Ref. 4201).   Tropical; 32°N - 32°S

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