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Where does the Bronze Soldierfish live?

Myripristis adusta has 1,264 records in 45 countries and territories, from 1856 to 2026. Most records come from Micronesia.

Bronze Soldierfish
Bronze Soldierfish β€” Photo: Hectonichus Β· CC BY-SA 3.0 Β· Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataBeryciformesHolocentridaeMyripristis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Micronesia 272
Palau 143
Indonesia 98
French Polynesia 81
Solomon Islands 80
Maldives 66
United States Minor Outlying Islands 64
Australia 52
Philippines 44
Wallis & Futuna 36
India 33
Papua New Guinea 33
American Samoa 31
Kiribati 30
Marshall Islands 25
Northern Mariana Islands 24
Fiji 17
Seychelles 16
Mayotte 13
RΓ©union 8
ZZ 8
Guam 7
British Indian Ocean Territory 7
Malaysia 6
Tuvalu 6
Vanuatu 6
Japan 5
Kenya 5
Mozambique 5
Taiwan 5
Samoa 5
New Caledonia 4
French Southern Territories 4
Cocos Islands 3
Mauritius 3
Tonga 3
Egypt 2
Comoros 2
Madagascar 2
Thailand 2

Showing the top 40 of 45 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.