Blotcheye soldierfish
Myripristis murdjan
- Usual depth1–16 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and September
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Myripristis murdjan is a species of soldierfish found in the Indo-Pacific.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Myripristis murdjan”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 32 records
- February: 24 records
- March: 33 records
- April: 51 records
- May: 74 records
- June: 53 records
- July: 81 records
- August: 102 records
- September: 99 records
- October: 61 records
- November: 40 records
- December: 43 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–16 m · Deepest record: 287 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blotcheye soldierfish, Pinecone soldierfish, Big-eye Soldierfish, blacktipped soldierfish, Blotcheye Soldier, blotcheye soldierfish, Blotcheye Soldierfish, Pinecone soldierfish, Crimson Soldierfish, Crimson Squirrel-fish, Crimson Squirrelfish, pinecone soldierfish, Red Soldierfish, red squirrelfish, small-eyed squirrelfish
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Weißsaum-Soldatenfisch
- Spanish
- Candil carmesí, Candil piñon
- French
- Cardinal Gros Ecailles, Cardinal gros écailles, Lion Gros Yeux, Marignan à oeillères, Marignan pomme de pin, Marignan pomme de pin, Soldat à œillères, Marignan Pomme de zpin, Myripristis à oeillères, Poisson-soldat à œillères, Soldat à œillères
- Japanese
- Yogorematsukasa, ヨゴレマツカサ
- Thai
- ปลาข้าวเม่าน้ำลึกขอบขาว
- Simplified Chinese
- 厚殼仔, 大目仔, 瀾公妾, 白边锯鳞鱼, 白邊鋸鱗魚, 赤松毬, 赤鋸鱗魚, 金鱗甲, 鐵甲, 鐵甲兵, 鐵線婆
Other scientific names: Holocentrum melanophrys, Myripristis axillaris, Myripristis bowditchae, Myripristis intermedius, Myripristis maculatus, Myripristis melanophrys, Myripristis parvidens, Ostichthys murdjan, Ostichthys parvidens, Perca murdjan, Sciaena murdjan
Similar species
Bigscale soldierfishMyripristis berndti
Brick SoldierfishMyripristis amaena
Pearly soldierfishMyripristis kuntee
- Shadowfin soldierfish
Myripristis adusta
- Scarlet soldierfish
Myripristis pralinia
- Australian Squirrel-fish
Myripristis violacea
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,910 open-data records from 1775 to 2024.
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