Ocellated Soapfish

Scientific Name: Grammistops ocellatus
Family: Soapfishes – Serranidae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Brown with large pale-edged dark brown to blackish spot on gill cover. Similar Mottled Soapfish has larger scales and is mottled.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs; cryptic.
Hide-out: Deep inside caves and crevices of lagoons and outer slopes in 8-30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific – E. Africa to Society Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.