Yellowfin Soldierfish, Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann 1905
A Yellowfin Soldierfish, Myripristis chryseres. Source: Bryan Harry / US National Parks Service. License: Public Domain
Summary:
A bright orange-red soldierfish with slightly darker scale margins, mostly bright yellow fins with white leading edges, and a dark margin on and just behind the gill cover.
Video of Yellowfin Soldierfish at a depth of about 25 m at Midway Island - by Bruce Carlson.
Video of Yellowfin Soldierfish at a depth of about 25 m at Midway Island - by Bruce Carlson.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Myripristis chryseres in Fishes of Australia, accessed 11 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1405
Yellowfin Soldierfish, Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann 1905
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in the Australian EEZ from Seringapatam Reef in the Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea, and possibly a record from South West Rocks, New South Wales; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits relatively deep outer reef slopes, sheltering in caves and crevices during the day. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XI,13-16; Anal fin IV,11-13; Pectoral fin 15-16; Lateral line scales 32-38; Gill rakers (total first arch) 33-39. Body depth 2.3-2.6 in SL; scales absent from axil of pectoral fin, third dorsal-fin spine longer than second. |
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Feeding |
Nocturnal - emerges at night to feed on plankton in the water column. |
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Remarks |
Heemstra et al. (2006) report that Yellowfin Soldierfish are often seen in caves with Coelacanths in depths of 182-239 m at Ngazidja Island in the Comoros Archipelago off the African coast. In October 2022, a school was filmed by a deep towed camera on Muirhead Seamount in Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands territory. |
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Etymology |
The species is named chryseres (=golden) in reference to the yellow dorsal, caudal and anal fins. |
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Species Citation |
Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann, 1905, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. 23(1): 171. Type locality: Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Yellowfin Soldierfish, Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann 1905
References
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Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1905. The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. I. The shore fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, with a general account of the fish fauna. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 23(1): 1-574 figs 1-229 pls 1-65 col. pls 1-73 See ref at BHL
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