Shadowfin soldierfish
Amazing fact
The shadowfin soldierfish has black patches at the rear of its gill cover and the base of its pectoral fin.
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The shadowfin soldierfish has black patches at the rear of its gill cover and the base of its pectoral fin.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Shadowfin soldierfish
- Scientific name
- Myripristis adusta
- Japanese name
- ツマグロマツカサ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Beryciformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Myripristis
Where the name “Shadowfin soldierfish” comes from
The name adusta comes from a Latin word meaning “dark”.
Museums VictoriaIt lives from the Pacific side of southern Japan and the Ryukyu Islands across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
It is often seen in cracks and holes on coral reef slopes and on the sides of underwater cliffs.
How the Shadowfin soldierfish lives
It is active at night. It feeds on plankton. By day it shelters in caves and beneath rocky ledges.
Museums VictoriaBasic data
- Range
- Pacific coast of southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Where the Shadowfin soldierfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ツマグロマツカサ
- 简体中文
- 焦松毬
- 繁體中文
- 焦黑鋸鱗魚
- Français
- Marignan Ombré
- Deutsch
- Schwarzbinden-Soldatenfisch
- Português (Brasil)
- Soldado-sombreado
- Italiano
- Pesce soldato pinna nera
- Русский
- Тёмный мириприст
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ツマグロマツカサChecked: 2026-11-04
- Museums Victoria — Fishes of Australia — Shadowfin Soldierfish, Myripristis adustaChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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