Blotcheye Soldierfish

Myripristis berndti

Also known as: Berndt's Soldierfish, Bigscale Soldier, Bigscale Soldierfish, Orange-finned Soldierfish, Pinecone Soldierfish, Yellowfin Soldierfish, Yellowfin Squirrelfish

ALSO KNOWN AS

Berndt's Soldierfish
Bigscale Soldier
Bigscale Soldierfish
Orange-finned Soldierfish
Pinecone Soldierfish
Yellowfin Soldierfish
Yellowfin Squirrelfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016

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Blotcheye Soldierfish adult, photographed at Makunudu, Maldives — @fishx6 · Makunudu, Maldives · August 20071 / 2

Overview

Found singly or in small schools, hiding during the day in caves and under ledges, dispersing at night to forage for food, in channels, over outer reef flats, sub-tidal reef flats and reef margins.
They feed nocturnally on crab larvae and zooplankton.

Soldierfish are nocturnal hunters feeding in the water column on zooplankton. During the day they often congregate close to reefs and in caves, sometimes found upside down in caves.
They can often be heard by divers with their pops, grunts and clicks.
Their colour can change greatly in different lights and if threatened.
Some soldierfish have venomous spines.

How to identify

COLOURS

Pattern: black bars
Behaviour: changes colour nocturnal schooling shelters in caves solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Range · Indo-Pacific, Eastern Pacific
Country only · 2

LIVES IN

Found singly or in small schools, hiding during the day in caves and under ledges, dispersing at night to forage for food, in channels, over outer reef flats, sub-tidal reef flats and reef margins.

RANGE