Doublebanded Soapfish

Scientific Name: Diploprion bifasciatum
Family: Soapfishes - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Yellow head, body and fins; dark brown to black eye bar and broad bar from mid-dorsal fin to anal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, often in turbid water in 1-18m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - India and Maldives to Papua New Guinea. S.W. Japan to Australia and Vanuatu.