Goldribbon soapfish

Taxobox
name = Goldribbon soapfish
status =


image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Serranidae
genus = "Aulacocephalus"
species = "A. temminckii"
binomial = "Aulacocephalus temminckii"
binomial_authority = Bleeker, 1854

The goldribbon soapfish or goldstripe groper, "Aulacocephalus temminckii", is a large marine fish of the grouper family, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from South Africa to Japan, and New Zealand where it is at its southernmost limit. Its depth range is between 20 and 120 m, and its length is between 25 and 40 cm.

The body colouring is deep blue, with a yellow band on each side from the snout through the eye and along the back to the caudal fin.

The goldribbon soapfish inhabits caves and crevices in rocky reefs. They eat crustaceans, other fish, and octopus.

External links

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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8