''Myripristis clarionensis'', the yellow soldierfish, is a species of fish in the family

Holocentridae Holocentridae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of the suborder Holocentroidei and the only family of the order Holocentriformes. The members of the subfamily Holocentrinae are typically known as squirrelfish, while the members of ...

found in the eastern

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, primarily concentrated around the

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and

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. They are

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References

clarionensis Fish described in 1897 Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert {{Beryciformes-stub