LATTICE SOLDIERFISH

Myripristis violacea

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Beryciformes +
      - Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes +
        
        Myripristis +
        
        Lattice soldierfish
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Occurs in lagoons, channels, and semi-protected seaward reefs rich in corals. Relatively common near arborescent Acropora or layered Porites rus corals. Feeds on plankton such as crab larvae. Marketed fresh (Ref. 3418).

	Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896
	Pandaka pygmaea Herre, 1927 Dwarf pygmy goby
	Bathygobius meggitti (Hora & Mukerji, 1936) Meggitt's goby
	Clupisoma sinensis (Huang, 1981)
	Luzonichthys earlei Randall, 1981 Earle's splitfin

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