Straighthead soldierfish

Straighthead soldierfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Holocentridae
Subfamily: Myripristinae
Genus: Ostichthys
Species: O. archiepiscopus
Binomial name
Ostichthys archiepiscopus
Valenciennes, 1862[2]

The straighthead soldierfish (Ostichthys archiepiscopus) is a soldierfish species belonging to the Holocentridae family.

It is found in the Indian Ocean, near Mozambique, Reunion and Mauritius. Also found in the Pacific Ocean, near the Ryukyu Islands, Hawaii, Tahiti, Moorea. They are probably more widely distributed.[3]

Common names

The common names of the Ostichthys archiepiscopus in different languages are as follows:

References

  1. Williams, I.; Greenfield, D. (2016). "Ostichthys archiepiscopus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T67899355A67906227. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67899355A67906227.en. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. Ostichthys archiepiscopus - The Taxonomicon
  3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Ostichthys archiepiscopus " in FishBase. July 2006 version.
  4. "Longsnout soldier". The Website of Everything. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
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