Mottled Soapfish

Scientific Name: Pseudogramma polyacanthum
Family: Soapfishes - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 7.5cm
Identification: Mottled brown; large pale-edged dark spot on gill cover. Similar to Ocellated Soapfish has much smaller scales and is not mottled.
Favourite: Solitary and cryptic.
Hide-out: Caves and crevices of coral reefs in 1-61m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Pitcaim Is. east of French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.