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title: "Blackbar Soldierfish"
description: "Myripristis jacobus — Fish. Myripristis jacobus, the blackbar soldierfish, is a soldierfish from the Western Atlantic."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blackbar-soldierfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blackbar Soldierfish

> Myripristis jacobus — Fish. Myripristis jacobus, the blackbar soldierfish, is a soldierfish from the Western Atlantic.

- Scientific name: *Myripristis jacobus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1349
- Wikidata: [Q2344601](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2344601)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49624](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49624)

## Names

- en: Blackbar Soldierfish
- de: Karibischer Halsband-Soldatenfisch
- es: Soldado raya
- fr: Marignan Mombin

## Countries with the most observations

CW (124), MQ (67), CV (66), VI (65), JM (51), GP (49), KY (45), SX (40), CO (35), DM (28), LC (28), DO (27)

## Summary

Myripristis jacobus, the blackbar soldierfish, is a soldierfish from the Western Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 25 cm in length.
Myripristis jacobus can be located in a marine environment within a subtropical climate. They live in reef-associated waters. Myripitis jacobus is recorded to be found in the Western Atlantic, Bahamas, Northern Gulf of Mexico, West Indies, the Caribbean Sea, Cape Verde, Principe, Ascension, and St. Helena islands. The biology of this species states that they can be found in coral reefs within deep waters. They are a nocturnal species…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myripristis_jacobus

## Photo

![Blackbar Soldierfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blackbar-soldierfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148844437

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blackbar-soldierfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).