Blackbar Soldierfish

(full size)

This is a Blackbar Soldierfish about 6 inches Photo by Rod 15 March 2008 in about 20 feet water.
Location was Pickles Reef, Key Largo, Florida.

Myripristis jacobus

Features: 1. Black bar behind head;
Descrption:
Notes: related to the Squirrelfish family

Size: 3 1/2 - 5 1/2 inches.; max 8 1/2 inches;
Depth: 15-60 feet;
Audubon Field Guide; page 409; plate 125;
Reef Fish ID 3rd ed; page 242-243; plate 243;

Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

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