Spotted Soapfish

Scientific Name: Pogonoperca punctata
Family: Soapfishes - Serranidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Brown with dense covering of small white spots; 5 black saddles on head, back and tail base; skin flap on chin.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Clear waters of outer reef slopes in 20-120m.
Location: Asian Pacific - S.W. Japan and Indonesia to New Caledonia.

Giant Sweetlips

Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus albovittatus
Family: Sweetlips - Haemulidae
Maximum Size: 100cm
Identification: Dusky gray mottled body; faint wide dark bar behind pectoral fin; black ventral fins and black edges on dorsal, anal and tail fins.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs in 2-50m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Fiji. S.W. Japan to Australia.

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.