132.29 Myripristis violacea
Bleeker, 1851
PLATE 22
Lattice soldier
Ruitjies-soldaat
Myripristis violaceus Bleeker, 1851: 234 (Banda Neira); Greenfield,
1974: 12*.
D XlI,14-16; A IV,12-14; PIS; LL 27-29; total GR 38-48. Interorbital
width 3.0-5.0; scales usually present on inner side ofPbase; a single pair of
tooth patches at symphysis of lower jaw just outside gape.
Body bluish silver, the scales of back edged in deep blue
or dark brown to nearly black (the edges broadest and
darkest on nape); scales below LL edged in brownish red;
front of head brownish red and edge of gill opening dark
brownish red; median fins light red, the leading edges of
soft D, A and C white; P clear; V white. Reaches 20 cm.
Indo-Pacific south to Natal. Usually on shallow protected
reefs.
132.30 Myripristis vittata
Cuvier, 1831
PLATE 22
Immaculate soldier
Onbevlekte soldaat
Myripristis vittatus Cuvier, in Cuv. & Val., 1831: 370 (Mauritius);
Greenfield, 1974: 18*.
D XlI,13-15; A IV ,11-12; PIS; LL35-40; GR (11-13)+(23-26). Interorbital width 2.3-3.3 in head; no scales on inner side of P base; 3rd A spine
longer than 4th; a single pair of tooth patches at symphysis of lower jaw
just outside mouth.
Head, body and fins reddish orange; no dark pigment on
opercular membrane; P axil not black; no dark pigment on
fins; tips of D spines and leading edge of soft-rayed fins
white. Attains 18 cm. Mauritius and Seychelles to western
Pacific.
Genus Ostichthys Jordan & Evermann, 1896
No greatly enlarged spine at angle of preopercle; premaxillary groove (between nasal bones) broadly V -shaped;
vertebrae 26. In their revision, Randall, Shimizu and
Yamakawa (1982) recognise 8 species; 3 species are known
from the western Indian Ocean and might be found in our
area.
KEY TO SPECIES
la D spines 11; C peduncle depth distinctly less than
its length and less than Yz length of 3rd A spine ................ O. delta
Ib D spines 12; C peduncle depth subequal to its length
and more than Yz length of 3rd A spine ........................ .... .. .. ... 2
2a P 15-17; head length 2.15-2.4 in SL; snout length
4.2-4.9 in head ...................................................... O. kaianus
2b PIS; head length 2.45-2.6 in SL; snout length
3.7-4.3 in head ............................................. O. archiepiscopus
132: HOLOCENTRIDAE (SQUIRRELFISHES. SOLDIERFISHES)
132.31 Ostichthys archiepiscopus
(Valenciennes, 1862)
PLATE 21
Longsnout soldier
Langsnoet -soldaat
Myripristis archiepiscopus Valenciennes, 1862: 1169 (Reunion? According to Sauvage, 1891: 28, the holotype was caught at Mauritius).
Ostichthys archiepiscopus: Randall et al., 1982: 21 *.
D XII/13-15; A IV,11-12; PIS; upper spiniform procurrent Crays 4,
lower 3; LL 28-30; scales above LL to middle D spines 2Yz; GR (7-9)+
(13-15). Body depth 2.1-2.4, head length 2.4-2.6 in SL.
Body red, with faint white lines following scale rows.
Attains 32 cm. Reunion, Ryukyu Ids. and Hawaiian Ids.;
probably more widely distributed. Depth range 146 - 360 m.
132.31 Ostiehthys arehiepiseopus: 23 em (Japan, after Randall et aI., 1982).
Redcoat
132.32 Ostichthys delta
Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982
Rooibaadjie
Ostichthys delta Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982: 18, Fig. 11
(Reunion).
D XI/13-14; A IV, 10-11; P 16-17; upper spiniform procurrent Crays 5,
lower 4; LL 27-28; scales above LL to base of middle D spines 2Yz; GR
(7-8)+(13-14). Body depth 2.3-3.4, head length 2.5-2.7 in SL.
132.32 Ostiehthys delta: 15 em SL holotype (after Randall et aI., 1982).
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Bleeker, 1851
PLATE 22
Lattice soldier
Ruitjies-soldaat
Myripristis violaceus Bleeker, 1851: 234 (Banda Neira); Greenfield,
1974: 12*.
D XlI,14-16; A IV,12-14; PIS; LL 27-29; total GR 38-48. Interorbital
width 3.0-5.0; scales usually present on inner side ofPbase; a single pair of
tooth patches at symphysis of lower jaw just outside gape.
Body bluish silver, the scales of back edged in deep blue
or dark brown to nearly black (the edges broadest and
darkest on nape); scales below LL edged in brownish red;
front of head brownish red and edge of gill opening dark
brownish red; median fins light red, the leading edges of
soft D, A and C white; P clear; V white. Reaches 20 cm.
Indo-Pacific south to Natal. Usually on shallow protected
reefs.
132.30 Myripristis vittata
Cuvier, 1831
PLATE 22
Immaculate soldier
Onbevlekte soldaat
Myripristis vittatus Cuvier, in Cuv. & Val., 1831: 370 (Mauritius);
Greenfield, 1974: 18*.
D XlI,13-15; A IV ,11-12; PIS; LL35-40; GR (11-13)+(23-26). Interorbital width 2.3-3.3 in head; no scales on inner side of P base; 3rd A spine
longer than 4th; a single pair of tooth patches at symphysis of lower jaw
just outside mouth.
Head, body and fins reddish orange; no dark pigment on
opercular membrane; P axil not black; no dark pigment on
fins; tips of D spines and leading edge of soft-rayed fins
white. Attains 18 cm. Mauritius and Seychelles to western
Pacific.
Genus Ostichthys Jordan & Evermann, 1896
No greatly enlarged spine at angle of preopercle; premaxillary groove (between nasal bones) broadly V -shaped;
vertebrae 26. In their revision, Randall, Shimizu and
Yamakawa (1982) recognise 8 species; 3 species are known
from the western Indian Ocean and might be found in our
area.
KEY TO SPECIES
la D spines 11; C peduncle depth distinctly less than
its length and less than Yz length of 3rd A spine ................ O. delta
Ib D spines 12; C peduncle depth subequal to its length
and more than Yz length of 3rd A spine ........................ .... .. .. ... 2
2a P 15-17; head length 2.15-2.4 in SL; snout length
4.2-4.9 in head ...................................................... O. kaianus
2b PIS; head length 2.45-2.6 in SL; snout length
3.7-4.3 in head ............................................. O. archiepiscopus
132: HOLOCENTRIDAE (SQUIRRELFISHES. SOLDIERFISHES)
132.31 Ostichthys archiepiscopus
(Valenciennes, 1862)
PLATE 21
Longsnout soldier
Langsnoet -soldaat
Myripristis archiepiscopus Valenciennes, 1862: 1169 (Reunion? According to Sauvage, 1891: 28, the holotype was caught at Mauritius).
Ostichthys archiepiscopus: Randall et al., 1982: 21 *.
D XII/13-15; A IV,11-12; PIS; upper spiniform procurrent Crays 4,
lower 3; LL 28-30; scales above LL to middle D spines 2Yz; GR (7-9)+
(13-15). Body depth 2.1-2.4, head length 2.4-2.6 in SL.
Body red, with faint white lines following scale rows.
Attains 32 cm. Reunion, Ryukyu Ids. and Hawaiian Ids.;
probably more widely distributed. Depth range 146 - 360 m.
132.31 Ostiehthys arehiepiseopus: 23 em (Japan, after Randall et aI., 1982).
Redcoat
132.32 Ostichthys delta
Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982
Rooibaadjie
Ostichthys delta Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982: 18, Fig. 11
(Reunion).
D XI/13-14; A IV, 10-11; P 16-17; upper spiniform procurrent Crays 5,
lower 4; LL 27-28; scales above LL to base of middle D spines 2Yz; GR
(7-8)+(13-14). Body depth 2.3-3.4, head length 2.5-2.7 in SL.
132.32 Ostiehthys delta: 15 em SL holotype (after Randall et aI., 1982).
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