Animal Diversity Web

Myripristis violacea

Australian squirrel-fish

(Also: Lattice soldier; Violet soldierfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Beryciformes
        
        Family Holocentridae (Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes)
        
        Genus Myripristis
        
        Species Myripristis violacea (Australian squirrel-fish)