Epaulette Soldierfish
Myripristis kuntee
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 59 diving areas across 31 countries and 7 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 6 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 6 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 9 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 25 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 15 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 24 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 22 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 4 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 19 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 8 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 12 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 11 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 3 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 43 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 81 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 12 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 7 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 113 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 35 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 17 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 14 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 22 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 106 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 24 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 16 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 14 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 19 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 104 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 10 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 40 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 26 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 12 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 11 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 11 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records