Species: Myripristis leiognathus, Crimson soldierfish, Panamic soldierfish

Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes, 1846

Panamic soldierfish, Crimson soldierfish

Body ovate, deep; mouth moderately large, oblique; snout blunt, forehead convex; eye very large; no spine at corner of preopercle, which has a concave edge; opercle with one short spine, inner ridge of opercle and other head bones serrated; 28-34 gill rakers; dorsal fin with XI spines, continuous but deeply notched between last 2 spines, 13-15; anal with IV spines, 3rd  spine stoutest, it or 4th  longest, 11-13 rays; tail forked; scales large, very rough; lateral-line scales 34-40; 2.5 scale rows above lateral line.

Red, with darker scale margins and vague stripes on side; edge of gill cover and pectoral axil lacking black pigment.

Size: attains 18 cm.

Habitat: rocky shores.

Depth: 1-33 m.

Southern Baja to the Gulf of California to central Peru; Revillagigedos, Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos.