Record (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Record details

Sixline soapfish (species: Grammistes sexlineatus)
Observed by Fabio Cortesi and Martin Luehrmann
Tue, 14 Mar 2017 07:00:00

Location details

  • Lizard Island, Queensland

  • Coconut Beach reef front, rubble zone, under rubble

  • Marine specimens found at a depth between 4 m and 6 metres.

Details about the specimen

  • 1 specimen. (exact)
  • specimen alive when found.
  • specimen alive at end of the observation process.
  • specimen removed from natural environment as a part of the record-taking process.
  • Reproduction was not occurring.

Found under rubble just below reef crest while clove oiling for apogonids. Brought back to LIRS alive for id, then released at site of capture.

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