Goldenstriped soapfish - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Photo By: Andy Cornish

Goldenstriped soapfish

Characteristics

Usually occurs singly.
Able to secret toxin through skin, which makes water foamy and turbid.

Description

Body black.
6 – 9 horizontal yellow to white stripes on body.
First dorsal fin black, other fins transparent.

Common Name: Goldenstripe soapfish, Sixline soapfish

Family Common Name: Groupers

Family: Epinephelidae

Scientific Name: Grammistes sexlineatus___(Thunberg, 1792)

Genus: Grammistes

Maximum Length: 30 cm (Total Length)

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未評估

Not Evaluated (ne)

數據缺乏

Data Deficient (dd)

無危

Least Concern (lc)

近危

Near Threatened (nt)

易危

Vulnerable (vu)

瀕危

Endangered (en)

極危

Critically Endangered (cr)

絕滅

Extinct (ex)

Goldenstriped soapfish