Six-Lined Soapfish

Scientific Name: Grammistes sexlineatus
Family: Soapfishes – Serranidae
Maximum Size: 27cm
Identification: Black with 6-9 white to gold stripes.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Under ledges or in recesses of lagoons, reef flats or seaward reefs to 20m.
Location: Indo-Pacific – Red Sea and E. Africa to Marquesas Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.