Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blackbar Soldierfish
Myripristis jacobus
Blackbar Soldierfish
Category: Soldierfishes
Scientific Name: Myripristis jacobus
Size: 3 to 5 in. (8 to 13 cm)  
Depth: 15-60 ft. (5-18 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of America, Bermuda
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Holocentriformes (Order)
     └Holocentridae (Family) Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes
      └Myripristinae (Subfamily) Soldierfishes
       └Myripristis (Genus)
        └M. jacobus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 159385🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49624🔗

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