Bastard soldierfish
Myripristis jacobus
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 53 diving areas across 31 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 9 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 4 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 5 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 116 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 4 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 10 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 17 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 53 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 53 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 6 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 600 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 354 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 7 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 9 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 15 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 28 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 42 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 11 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 9 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 8 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 4 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 10 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 36 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 12 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 479 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 526 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 546 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 28 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 26 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 12 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 10 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 23 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1151 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 575 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 8 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 2 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 8 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 4 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 3 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 35 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 9 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 37 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 11 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 8 records