Straighthead soldierfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Holocentriformes
Family: Holocentridae
Genus: Ostichthys
Species:
O. archiepiscopus
Binomial name
Ostichthys archiepiscopus

The straighthead soldierfish (Ostichthys archiepiscopus) is a soldierfish species belonging to the family Holocentridae.

It is found in the Indian Ocean, near Mozambique, Réunion and Mauritius, and in the Pacific Ocean, near the Ryukyu Islands, Hawaii, Tahiti, and Mo'orea.[3]


References

  1. Williams, I.; Greenfield, D. (2016). "Ostichthys archiepiscopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T67899355A67906227. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67899355A67906227.en.
  2. Ostichthys archiepiscopus - The Taxonomicon
  3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Ostichthys archiepiscopus " in FishBase. July 2006 version.


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