Blackfin Soldierfish
Myripristis adusta
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Holocentriformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Myripristis
Where to Find
Found in 32 diving areas across 23 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 3 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 5 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 5 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 6 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 1 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 8 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 240 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 58 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 87 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 9 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 34 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 42 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 10 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 3 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 21 records