Scarlet Soldierfish
Myripristis pralinia
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 41 diving areas across 23 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 14 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 4 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 23 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 29 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 10 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 6 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 37 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 58 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 7 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 20 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 6 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 4 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 5 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 38 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 22 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 28 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 82 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile - 3 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 3 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 15 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 15 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 22 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 12 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 6 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 6 records