Bigscale Soldierfish (species: Myripristis berndti) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Myripristis berndti
Bigscale Soldierfish


©Anne Hoggett: Myripristis berndti at North Point, Lizard Island.

©Graham Edgar: Myripristis berndti at Cod Hole near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Beryciformes
Family Holocentridae
Genus Myripristis
Species Myripristis berndti

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 30 cm (Length)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Other references

  • Arnal, C. (2000). Ecologie comportementale de la symbiose poisson nettoyeur/ poisson client: motivations et honnêteté, Ph.D. thesis, University of Perpignan, France. LIRS catalog number 637.
  • Craig, M.T., J.A. Eble, B.W. Bower and D.R. Robertson (2007). High genetic connectivity across the Indian and Pacific Oceans in the reef fish Myripristis berndti (Holocentridae), Marine Ecology Progress Series, 334: 245-254. LIRS catalog number 1032.
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