Myripristis jacobus

Myripristis jacobus
Blackbar soldierfish (Myripristis jacobus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Holocentridae
Genus:	Myripristis
Species:	M. jacobus
Binomial name
Myripristis jacobus G. Cuvier, 1829

Myripristis jacobus is a Soldierfish from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 25 cm in length.

Information

The Myripristis jacobus can be located in a marine environment within a subtropical climate. They live in reef-associated waters. The Myripitis jacobus is recorded to be found in the Western Atlantic, Bahamas, Northern Gulf of Mexico, West Indies, the Caribbean Sea, Cape Verde, Principe, Ascension, and St. Helena islands. The biology of this species states that they can be found in coral reefs within deep waters. They are a nocturnal species. They mainly eat plankton. This species is occasionally marketed, but it is not popularly bought as a fish to eat.^[1] The Myripistis jacobus is also known as a Blackbar Soldierfish. It is a bright red color along with a black bar behind its head. It also is trimmed with white lines on its fins. This species is also found swimming upside-down at times.^[2]

Blackbar soldierfish

Shoulderbar soldierfish (Myripristis kuntee), Kona, Hawaii. Image taken by Clark Anderson/Aquaimages.

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Myripristis jacobus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.

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