Australian Squirrel-fish
Myripristis violacea
- Usual depth2–15 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsApril and June
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Myripristis violacea is a species of fish in the family Holocentridae found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean
Text from the Wikipedia article “Myripristis violacea”, 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: 16 records
- February: 23 records
- March: 18 records
- April: 134 records
- May: 47 records
- June: 96 records
- July: 37 records
- August: 51 records
- September: 36 records
- October: 35 records
- November: 38 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 46 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Australian Squirrel-fish, Lattice Soldierfish, Orangefin Soldierfish, Scarlet Soldierfish, Small-eyed Squirrelfish, Violet Soldierfish
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Marignan Violacé, Marignan violacé, Soldat violacé, Myripristis violacé, Soldat Violacé
- Japanese
- Seguromatsukasa, セグロマツカサ
- Simplified Chinese
- 厚殼仔, 大目仔, 瀾公妾, 紫松毬, 紫紅鋸鱗魚, 紫红锯鳞鱼, 紫鋸鱗魚, 金鱗甲, 鐵甲, 鐵甲兵, 鐵線婆
Other scientific names: Myripristes australis, Myripristis australis, Myripristis microphthalmus, Myripristis schultzei, Myripristis undecimalis, Myripristis violaceus, Myripristis violescens, Ostichthys microphthalmus
Similar species
Bigscale soldierfishMyripristis berndti
Brick SoldierfishMyripristis amaena
Pearly soldierfishMyripristis kuntee
- Shadowfin soldierfish
Myripristis adusta
- Blotcheye soldierfish
Myripristis murdjan
- Scarlet soldierfish
Myripristis pralinia
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).
- 1,603 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
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