Crimson Soldierfish, Blacktip Soldierfish, Blotcheye Soldierfish, Pinecone Soldierfish, Red Soldierfish
Myripristis murdjan, Red Sea, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Myripristis murdjan, Adult, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Myripristis murdjan, Japan, Photo: Graham Edgar
Myripristis murdjan, Maldives, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Myripristis murdjan, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Red with darker red scale margins with white leading edges on all median fins except for spiny 1st dorsal and a dark bar on rear edge of gill cover to base of pectoral fin. Sometimes with black tips to 2nd dorsal, tail and anal fins. Red, rather than orange spiny dorsal fin, and less prominent underslung lower jaw distinguish it from M. berndti (Bigscale Soldierfish).
Information
Max Size: 60 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 19.9-33.0°C
Depth: 1-50m
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
Habitat Generalisation Index: 8
Also referred to as the SGI (Species generalisation index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species.
Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most
hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here
Rarity
Threats: Exploitation
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Frequent (10% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (4 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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