They are typically known as soldierfish. Myripristis murdjan is a species of soldierfish found in the Indo-Pacific. "Trachichthys australis" is of the same habitus, but is rather deep-bodied and resembles a soldierfish. Myripristis jacobus (Blackbar soldierfish) is a soldierfish from the Western Atlantic. The blotcheye soldierfish ("Myripristis berndti") is a species of soldierfish belonging to the family Holocentridae. The straighthead soldierfish ("Ostichthys archiepiscopus") is a soldierfish species belonging to the family Holocentridae.