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View Mode View All Pictures Species Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann    Myripristis berndti was originally described as Myripristis berndti by Jordan & Evermann in 1903. It belongs to the family Holocentridae and subfamily Myripristinae. It is commonly known as Blotcheye soldierfish but has many other common names such as in Australia as Bigscale soldierfish, in USA (contiguous states) as bigscale soldierfish, in Japan as Akamatsukasa, in Philippines as Baga-baga, in South Africa as Bigscale soldier, in South Africa as Bigscale soldier. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Costa Rica, north to Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands and Midway Atoll, south to Western Australia at 22°S, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands, and Rapa.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   berndti AuthorWI   Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] AuthorNI   Jordan & Evermann Qualification   --- Year   1903 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Holocentriformes Holocentriformes Family   Holocentridae Subfamily   Myripristinae Myripristinae Genus   Myripristis Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Holocentriformes Family   Holocentridae Subfamily   Myripristinae Genus   Myripristis Original Name   Myripristis         Taxon Name   berndti Original Combination   Myripristis berndti Original Genus   Myripristis Original Genus Species   Myripristis berndti OriginalSubGenus   Myripristis Original Author   Jordan & Evermann Original AuthorWI   Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1903 Original Family   Holocentridae Original SubFamily   Myripristinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Types   Paratypes: AMNH 2282 (1); ANSP 24212 (1); BPBM [not 16818] (1); CAS 1489 (1, wrong fish), 17724 [ex IU 10357] (1); IU 9801 (1, not found at CAS); FMNH 3947 (1); MCZ 28890 (1); CAS-SU 7451 (1); USNM 125645 [USFC 2701] (1), 50628 (1). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:63 [ref. 12291], Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:48 [ref. 12367]. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   USNM 50627 Journal   Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. Citation   v. 22 [1902] Page   170 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Myripristis berndti Current Species   berndti Current Genus   Myripristis Current AuthorWI   Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] Current AuthorNI   Jordan & Evermann Current Year   1903 Current Family   Holocentridae Current Subfamily   Myripristinae Myripristinae Habitat reef-associated         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Bigscale soldier. Attains 30 cm. Inhabits caves and hides under ledges of subtidal reef flats, channels and margins to outer reef slopes. Occurs in loose aggregations. Feeds mainly on plankton such as crab larvae. Almost always caught at night . Mark Depth Range From 1 to 50 meters.     Distribution Red Sea, Indo-Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Costa Rica, north to Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands and Midway Atoll, south to Western Australia at 22°S, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands, and Rapa. Current Summary   Valid as Myripristis berndti  Jordan & Evermann 1903. Holocentridae: Myripristinae.   Name History   • Valid as Myripristis berndti  Jordan & Evermann 1903 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:423 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:377 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:61 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1990:252 [ref. 16678], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:130 [ref. 20996], Allen & Robertson 1994:94 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1184 [ref. 22829], Randall & Yamakawa 1996:217 [ref. 22430], Kotlyar 1996:87 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:188 [ref. 27969], Randall & Greenfield 1996:22 [ref. 22543], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:212 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:277 [ref. 24023], Randall et al. 1997:61 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:206 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:80 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:127 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2238 [ref. 24790], Johnson 1999:725 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:9 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:498 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:140 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:59 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:498 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:405 [ref. 26954], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:29 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:69 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:110 [ref. 27807], Heemstra 2004:3337 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:135 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:87 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:306 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:777 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:147 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:33 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Allen & Erdmann 2012:168 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32988] dated 1905). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 4 (87 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   adusta Myripristis adusta Bleeker [P.] 1853 Valid adustus Myripristis adustus Bleeker [P.] 1853 Synonym amaena Myripristis amaena (Castelnau [F. L. de] 1873) Valid amaenus Myripristis amaenus (Castelnau [F. L. de] 1873) Spelling amaenus tiki Myripristis amaenus tiki Greenfield [D. W.] 1966 Not available archiepiscopus Myripristis archiepiscopus Valenciennes [A.] 1862 Synonym argyromus Myripristis argyromus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903 Synonym astakhovi Myripristis astakhovi Kotlyar [A. N.] 1997 Valid aulacodes Myripristis aulacodes Randall [J. E.] & Greenfield [D. W.] 1996 Valid australis Myripristis australis (Castelnau [F. L. de] 1875) Synonym axillaris Myripristis axillaris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 Synonym bleekeri Myripristis bleekeri Günther [A.] (ex Bleeker) 1859 Synonym borbonicus Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 Synonym botche Myripristis botche Cuvier [G.] 1829 Valid bowditchae Myripristis bowditchae Woods [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953 Synonym carneus Myripristis carneus Ramsay [E. P.] & Ogilby [J. D.] 1886 Synonym chryseres Myripristis chryseres Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903 Valid chryseus Myripristis chryseus (Cope [E. D.] 1871) Synonym clarionensis Myripristis clarionensis Gilbert [C. H.] 1897 Valid earlei Myripristis earlei Randall [J. E.], Allen [G. R.] & Robertson [D. R.] 2003 Valid formosa Myripristis formosa Randall [J. E.] & Greenfield [D. W.] 1996 Valid gildi Myripristis gildi Greenfield [D. W.] 1965 Valid greenfieldi Myripristis greenfieldi Randall [J. E.] & Yamakawa [T.] 1996 Valid guezei Myripristis (Holotrachys) guezei Postel [E.] 1962 Synonym guezei Myripristis guezei Postel [E.] 1962 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 4 (87 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…