Scientific Name	Myripristis botche   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Cuvier, 1829	Depth	21 - 71M
Chinese	柏氏鋸鱗魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	金鱗魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F282　Holocentridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	博氏鋸鱗魚
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	柏氏松毬、厚殼仔、金鱗甲、鐵甲、鐵甲兵、瀾公妾、鐵線婆、大目仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Vishakhapatnam [Vizagapatam], India
Synonyms	Myripristis botsche, Myripristis melanosticta, Myripristis melanostictis, Myripristis melanostictus, Myripristis murdjan
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(20087)；Randall, J.E. and D. W. Greenfield, 1996. Revision of the Indo-Pacific holocentrid fishes of the genus Myripristis, with descriptions of three new species.. Indo-Pacific Fishes (25):61 p  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Randall, J. E. etc. 1996 Randall, J. E. etc. 2001 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0056240. ASIZP0056562. ASIZP0075297. ASIZP0076123. ASIZP0807013. ASIZP0807041. ASIZP0917013. ASIZP0917041. FRIP00550. NMMBP02238. NMMBP06321. NMMBP06328. NMMBP08535. NMNSF01314.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Pale soldier; Splendid squirrelfish; Blacktip soldierfish; Finspot soldierfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XI spines and 13-15 soft rays; anal fin with IV spines and 11-12 soft rays. Front of head red; postorbital head and body silvery white, edges of scales red; spinous dorsal whitish on basal half, red on outer half; median fins red with white leading edges, the lobe tips with a large black spot; paired fins whitish. Soft dorsal, anal and caudal fin with bright white margins and black areas at the tips.
habitats	Inhabits protected waters at depths greater than 25 m, often in silty reef areas than well developed coral reefs with clear water. Tends to hide in caves or crevices during the day. Capture by trawling was unexpected. Usually seen in pairs, but occasional
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific.
Utility	Commercial food species.