Lattice soldierfish

The Lattice soldierfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 4 - 25 m environment.

COMMON NAMES: Violet Soldierfish, Lattice Soldierfish, Orangefin Soldierfish, Violet Soldierfish; German Violetter Soldatenfisch; French Myripristis Violacé TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kū (RR), Kū Mata-nui (MG), Mānui (AT), Kū Ngararā (MK MT), Māpoto (AK), Nato (PL TS TW MH), Malau Āniu (PK); Other Polynesian More

Common names

'I'ihi in Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi)
Australian squirrel-fish in English
Baga-baga in Tagalog
bluntnosed soldierfish in English
Corocoro in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Lattice soldier in English
Lattice soldierfish in English
Malau-tuauli in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Marignan violacé in French (français)
Mon in Marshall
Mon in Marshallese (Kajin M̧ajeļ)
Mweliutemush in Austronesian (Other)
Mweliutemush in Carolinian
Orangefin soldierfish in English
Ruitjies-soldaat in Afrikaans
Scarlet soldierfish in English
Seguro-matsukasa in Japanese (日本語)
Small-eyed squirrelfish in English
Soldat violacé in French (français)
Vailet dhanbodu in Unknown
Veilchen-Soldatenfisch in German (Deutsch)
Violet soldierfish in English
Violet squirrelfish in English
短吻鋸鱗魚 in Mandarin Chinese
短吻锯鳞鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
紫松毬 in Mandarin Chinese
紫松球 in Mandarin Chinese
紫紅鋸鱗魚 in Mandarin Chinese
紫红锯鳞鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Beryciformes
Family : Holocentridae
Genus : Myripristis
Species : Myripristis violacea
Authority : Bleeker, 1851