''Myripristis greenfieldi'' is a species of
soldierfish belonging to the genus ''
Myripristis''. It is believed to be endemic to
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, the
Ogasawara islands and the
Ryukyu Islands in the North-western
Pacific Ocean. It is named after ichthyologist
David Wayne Greenfield. It is demersal.
References
greenfieldi
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Taxa named by John Ernest Randall
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