Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Six-Lined Soapfish
Grammistes sexlineatus
Six-Lined Soapfish
Category: Soapfishes
Scientific Name: Grammistes sexlineatus
Size: Up to 10 in (25 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, French Polynesia, Australia
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Percoidei (Suborder)
      └Grammistidae (Family) Soapfishes
       └Grammistes (Genus)
        └G. sexlineatus (Species)

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