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Myripristis gildi Greenfield, 1965
CLIPPERTON CARDINAL SOLDIERFISH
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Myripristis gildi
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Myripristis gildi

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Myripristis gildi
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
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Overview
Main identification features
  • pale red;fins: edges faintly white
  • lateral line has 32-35 scales
  • dark bar behind operculum
Elongate compressed; head deep, compressed; snout short; mouth large, oblique; opercle serrated, with short blunt spine at upper edge of opercle; preopercle serrated, without large spine;X+I, 14-15 dorsal rays; IV,11-13 anal rays; 2.5 scale rows between lateral line and dorsal fin base; 32-35 lateral line scales; 34-37 rakers on first gill arch.

Dull red body and fins; dorsal and anal often with faint white anterior margins; tail with faint white upper and lower borders; moderately dark bar behind upper operculum and on pectoral base.

Size: 25 cm.

Habitat: coral reef.

Depth: 5-50 m.

Endemic to Clipperton Atoll.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 50 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: pelagic fish larvae; zooplankton; Pelagic crustacea.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=11; Western limit=-110; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 25 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Clipperton Island endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;


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References
  • Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1997., An Annotated Checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Tropical Eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45:813-843.
  • Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
  • Greenfield, D.W., 1965., Systematics and zoogeography of Myripristis in the eastern tropical Pacific., Calif. Fish & Game, 51:229-247.
  • Robertson , D.R. and Allen, G.A., 1996., Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll., Coral Reefs, 15:121-131.

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