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Sealife guide
The scarlet soldierfish
Myripristis pralinia
Last updated on 09/02/2024 at 11:51 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Scarlet soldierfish
French names
Poisson soldat rouge
Scientific name
Myripristis pralinia
(Cuvier, 1829)
Family
Holocentridae
Order
Holocentriformes
Class
Actinopterygii
Geographic range
The scarlet soldierfish can be found in the
Seychelles
,
Mauritius
, the Comoros archipelago, along the coasts of Kenya and Mozambique.
The scarlet soldierfish (Myripristis pralinia)
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Dieniti
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Did you know ?
The scarlet soldierfish is listed as many other marine species within The
IUCN
Red List of threatened species. The scarlet soldierfish appears in the
IUCN
Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !
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Myripristis jacobus
Pinecone soldierfish
Myripristis murdjan
Shadowfin soldierfish
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Neoniphon argenteus
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Neoniphon sammara
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Holocentrus adscensionis
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