The spinycheek soldierfish (''Corniger spinosus'') is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of soldierfish found in the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...

at depths of . This species grows to a length of TL. It is the only known member of

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

''Corniger''. Corniger spinosus Agassiz

References

* spinycheek soldierfish Fauna of the Southeastern United States Fish of the Caribbean Marine fish of Brazil Fish of the Western Atlantic spinycheek soldierfish spinycheek soldierfish {{Beryciformes-stub