Myripristinae

Caribbean collar soldiers fish ( Myripristis jacobus )

The soldier fish ( Myripristinae ) are usually reddish, large-eyed fish with large, clearly visible scales and a forked tail fin.

Features

They differ from their close relatives, the hussars fish ( Holocentrinae ), by the higher built body, the round head shape and the absence of gills spine. Only in Corniger spinosus are two large spines on the Vorkiemendeckel available. The longest fin spines of the anal fin is usually shorter than the longest fin spines of the dorsal fin. The anal fin has ten to 16 soft rays. The swim bladder is divided in its front part lying in two or more separate chambers.

Way of life

During the day, they live in groups in caves, crevices or under overhangs in the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic and are active at night. Soldier fish hunt larger zooplankton in the open water in Riffnähe. It has been observed that soldier fish of the genus Myripristis a few days after the full moon spawn at night in open water.

System

There are five genera:

  • Genus Corniger Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1831st Corniger spinosus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1831st
  • Black Tie- soldier fish ( Myripristis adusta ) Bleeker, 1853.
  • Myripristis amaena ( Castelnau, 1873).
  • Myripristis astakhovi Kotlyar, 1997.
  • Myripristis aula codes Randall & Greenfield, 1996.
  • Latticed soldier fish ( Myripristis berndti ) Jordan & Evermann, 1903.
  • Black Point soldier fish ( Myripristis botche ) Cuvier, in 1829.
  • Yellowfin soldier fish ( Myripristis chryseres ) Jordan & Evermann, 1903.
  • Yellow soldier fish ( Myripristis clarionensis ) Gilbert, 1897.
  • Myripristis earlei Randall, Allen & Robertson, 2003.
  • Myripristis formosa Randall & Greenfield, 1996.
  • Myripristis gildi Greenfield, 1965.
  • Myripristis greenfieldi Randall & Yamakawa, 1996.
  • Myripristis hexagonal ( Lacepede, 1802).
  • Caribbean collar soldiers fish ( Myripristis jacobus ) Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, in 1829.
  • Myripristis kochiensis Randall & Yamakawa, 1996.
  • Beaded soldier fish ( Myripristis kuntee ) Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831st
  • Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes, 1846.
  • Weißsaum soldier fish ( Myripristis murdjan ) ( Forsskål, 1775).
  • Red soldier fish ( Myripristis pralinia ) Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, in 1829.
  • Myripristis randalli Greenfield, 1974.
  • Myripristis robusta Randall & Greenfield, 1996.
  • Seychelles soldier fish ( Myripristis seychellensis ) Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, in 1829.
  • Myripristis tiki Greenfield, 1974.
  • Myripristis trachyacron Bleeker, 1863.
  • Violet soldier fish ( Myripristis violacea ) Bleeker, 1851.
  • Whitetip soldier fish ( Myripristis vittata ) Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831st
  • Myripristis Woodside Greenfield, 1974.
  • Myripristis xanthacra Randall & Gueze, 1981.
  • Ostichthys acanthorhinus Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982.
  • Ostichthys archiepiscopus ( Valenciennes, 1862).
  • Ostichthys brachygnathus Randall & Myers, 1993.
  • Ostichthys delta Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982.
  • Ostichthys hypsipterygion Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982.
  • Ostichthys japonicus ( Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829).
  • Ostichthys kaianus ( Günther, 1880).
  • Ostichthys ovaloculus Randall & Wrobel, 1988.
  • Ostichthys sandix Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982.
  • Ostichthys sheni Chen, Shao & Mok, 1990.
  • Ostichthys trachypoma ( Günther, 1859).
  • Plectrypops lima ( Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831).
  • Plectrypops retrospinis ( Guichenot, 1853).
  • Pristilepis oligolepis ( Whitley, 1941).
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