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Pinecone Soldierfish

Myripristis murdjan

Pinecone Soldierfish — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
uncommonredlargereef
Habitat
Reef
Max size
60 cm
Depth
1-50 m
Family
Holocentridae

Myripristis murdjan is a species of soldierfish found in the Indo-Pacific.

Adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Pinecone Soldierfish
This onePinecone Soldierfish
Blotcheye Soldierfish
Look-alikeBlotcheye Soldierfish

Two red soldierfish that hover in caves by day. Blotcheye Soldierfish is lighter, silvery pink with red-edged scales, and the outer half of its spiny dorsal fin is yellow to orange. Pinecone Soldierfish is red to dusky red all over, and its spiny dorsal fin is light red at the base and bright red at the edge, with no yellow. Both have a black bar at the rear of the gill cover and white leading edges on the fins.

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