Shy soldier

The Shy soldier lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 5 - 40 m environment.

around a shy soldier who meets a high school girl who later becomes his only contact back home. More

curious and interested in whom this shy Soldier really was deep down. Still, she couldn’t help but remember the promise that she’d never get involved with a military man. More

A camera shy soldier at Camp Stryker with an AK-47 he removed the previous evening from an enemy soldier he'd killed. More

A shy soldier is taught a lesson in gallantry and courage by a tough old sergeant. The battle action takes place on the burning sands of the Libyan desert. More

Common names

'U'u in Hawaiian
Candil in sp
Cardinal soldierfish in English
Fleshy squirrelfish in English
Malau-mutu in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Rough scale soldierfish in English
Roughscale soldierfish in English
Ryukyu-ebisu in Japanese (日本語)
Shy soldier in English
Shy soldierfish in English
Skaam soldaat in Afrikaans
smug soldierfish in English
Soldado in sp
Soldierfish in English
Sori beta in Gela
tekuru in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Tolvpigget soldaterfisk in Danish (dansk)
wistful soldierfish in English
全粗鰃 in Mandarin Chinese
全粗鳂 in Mandarin Chinese
多鱗松毬 in Mandarin Chinese
多鳞松球 in Mandarin Chinese
滩涂琉球鳂 in Mandarin Chinese
灘塗琉球鰃 in Mandarin Chinese
金鱗甲 in Mandarin Chinese
金鳞甲 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Beryciformes
Family : Holocentridae
Genus : Plectrypops
Species : Plectrypops lima
Authority : Valenciennes, 1831