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berndti
Family Holocentridae
INDO-PACIFIC / EASTERN PACIFIC
/ HAWAII
Myripristis berndti
BIGSCALE SOLDIERFISH
'ū'ū Aka-matsukasa
Common in mixed-species aggregations
under ledges at scuba depths. Large scaled, with an orange spiny
dorsal fin, red soft dorsal, anal, and caudal fins edged with white, and
a black bar on the eye and gill opening above the pectoral fin.
Attains 11 inches. Hawai'i, the Indo-Pacific, and Tropical Eastern Pacific. |
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