Scientific Name	Myripristis berndti   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Jordan & Evermann, 1903	Depth	1 - 50M
Chinese	凸頜鋸鱗魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	金鱗魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F282　Holocentridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	大鱗鋸鱗魚
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	凸頜松毬、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 Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands
Synonyms	Myripristis amaenus, Myripristis murdjan
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2008)；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  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1903 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Randall, J. E. etc. 1996 Randall, J. E. etc. 2001 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	AMNH90064. ASIZP0056357. ASIZP0056560. ASIZP0056561. ASIZP0058153. ASIZP0072259. ASIZP0073197. ASIZP0800656. ASIZP0805622. ASIZP0806541. ASIZP0910656. ASIZP0915622. ASIZP0916541. FRIP21386. FRIP22206. FRIP22428. NMMBP01027. NMMBP08554. NMMSTP00275.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Squirrelfish; Bigscale soldier; Blotcheye soldierfish; Bigscale soldierfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XI spines and 13-15 soft rays; anal fin with IV spines and 11-13 soft rays. Lower jaw of adults prominently projecting when mouth is closed. Lower half to three-fourths of inner pectoral axil with small scales. Centers of scales silvery pink to pale yellowish, the edges red; black of opercular membrane extending below opercular spine; naked part of pectoral axil black; outer half of spinous dorsal fin yellow to orange-yellow, lower half of remaining fins red, the leading edges white, sometimes with a black submarginal streak.
habitats	Inhabits caves and hides under ledges of subtidal reef flats, channels and margins to outer reef slopes. Occurs in loose aggregations. Feeds mainly on plankton such as crab larvae. Almost always caught at night. Marketed fresh.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific: East Africa south to Natal, South Africa (but not from the Red Sea) and east to the Clipperton, Cocos and Galapagos islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands and south to the Great Barrier Reef, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe I
Utility	Commercial species; edible.