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Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes, 1831

To FishBase images (<i>Myripristis kuntee</i>, Guam, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Myripristis kuntee, Guam, by Randall, J.E.)

217915  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217915)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Holocentriformes (Order)
  11. Holocentridae (Family)
  12. Myripristinae (Subfamily)
  13. Myripristis (Genus)
  14. Myripristis kuntee (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details] 
Description Lives in subtidal reef flats, also in lagoon and seaward reefs below the surge zone to depths of at least 26 m. Often...  
Description Lives in subtidal reef flats, also in lagoon and seaward reefs below the surge zone to depths of at least 26 m. Often occurs in large aggregations during the day in areas of rich foliaceous or cavernous coral growth. Feeds on plankton such as crab larvae. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217915 on 2025-05-19
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details] 

original description (of Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Lives in subtidal reef flats, also in lagoon and seaward reefs below the surge zone to depths of at least 26 m. Often occurs in large aggregations during the day in areas of rich foliaceous or cavernous coral growth. Feeds on plankton such as crab larvae. [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English pearly soldierfish  [details]
Japanese クロオビマツカサ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myripristis phaeopus Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Myripristis multiradiatus Günther, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myripristis kuntee) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis multiradiatus Günther, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis phaeopus Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Adioryx borbonicus (Valenciennes, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis kantee Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis borbonius Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristes multiradiatus Günther, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Myripristis borbonicus Valenciennes, 1831)
To FishBase images (Myripristis kuntee, Guam, by Randall, J.E.) 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 65 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 374434 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 399832 photograph lateral view) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Myripristis kuntee</i>, Guam, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Myripristis kuntee, Guam, by Randall, J.E.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Myripristis kuntee PearlySoldierfish DMS
Myripristis kuntee PearlySoldierfish DMS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 374434 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 374434 photograph lateral view)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 399832 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myripristis kuntee USNM 399832 photograph lateral view)
Hosted externally
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