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Myripristis violacea in life
In life — Violet Soldierfish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein
BPBM 6398Ichthyology

Myripristis violacea

Violet Soldierfish

As recorded: Myripristis violacea Bleeker, 1851

Animalia › Chordata › Beryciformes › Holocentridae

Collected by
R.H. Snider
Date
October 27, 1964
Locality
Port Moresby; Nateara Reef
Island
Port Moresby
Record type
Preserved specimen
34 Bishop specimens of Myripristis violacea · collected 1901–1988Species page ›

Collected the same day

On October 27, 1964, R.H. Snider also collected 6 other specimens.

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Myripristis pralinia

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Paracirrhites arcatus

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Pristiapogon kallopterus

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Sargocentron diadema

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Sargocentron violaceum

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Cite this specimen

Myripristis violacea. BPBM 6398. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37633788. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/6398.

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