| Aspect: | Generally bright red body, but may have a lighter shade or even white belly, but always sports a vertical black bar behind the gills. |
| Population: | Common. |
| Notable feature: | All fins have white leading edges. Has this peculiar habit of flipping belly up when close to the roof of a cave or a rock overhang. This is particularly noticeable in the famous cave of the "Jardin de Corail" site, near Ilets Pigeon. |
| Environment: | Recesses and under rock overhangs. |
| Behaviour: | Not scared when in their recesses. |
Last update: 22/10/15
Blackbar Soldierfish
- French designation: Poisson-soldat a Bande Noire
- Latin designation: Myripristis Jacobus
- Creole designation: -
- Latin family: Holocentridae
- Size (cm): 9-15
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