Barred soapfish

The Barred soapfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 1 - 100 m, usually 5 - 50 m environment.

The Barred Soapfish can be recognised by its pale to bright yellow colouring, black bar on the head and a wide black bar on it's body. They occur primarily in tropical inshore and coral reef waters. More

Image: A Barred Soapfish at Bass Point - Add comment Add tags A Barred Soapfish at Bass Point Description A Barred Soapfish at a depth of 3 m, the Gravel Loader, Bass Point, More

Two-banded or Barred Soapfish (Diplioprion bifasciatum) This is one of the more common soapfishes in the aquarium trade. Its color can be quite variable. More

Barred Soapfish - Diploprion bifasciatum - Short Pipe GC Seaway ID: 1969 Common Name: Barred Soapfish Scientific Name: Diploprion bifasciatum Kingdom: Animalia More

The Barred Soapfish has a moderately deep body that is mostly covered with small ctenoid scales. There is a deep notch between the spinous and soft-rayed portions of the dorsal fin. The pelvic fins are long, reaching beyond the spinous portion of the anal fin. More

A Barred soapfish at a depth of 3 m, the Gravel Loader,... Click to show "soapfish" result 10 600 x 449 85 kb soapfish.JPG - 2048 x 1536 - (1. More

A Barred soapfish caught on hook and line at a depth of... More

Common names

Abo-abo in Visayan
Alatan in Tagalog
Anoovah-meen in Tamil (தமிழ்)
Balangbang in Tagbanwa Calamian
Bantol in Visayan
Baraka in Bikol
Barred soapfish in English
Bato-bato in Ilokano
Batol in Visayan
Cá Mú vàng hai s?c den in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá Mú vàng hai sọc đen in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá Mú vàng ngh? in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá Mú vàng nghệ in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Ca mu vang soc den in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Hua dan chee in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Hua dian ce in Mandarin Chinese
Iga poipoi in Gela
Ikan sabun in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Iner in Visayan
Inid in Bikol
Jahong in Visayan
Kakab in Ilokano
Kaltang in Tagalog
Kigting in Bikol
Kihassoku in Japanese (日本語)
Kugtong in Visayan
Kugtung in Bikol
Kulapo in Tagalog
Kurapo in Ilokano
Labungan in Visayan
Lapu-lapu in Kapampangan
Lapu-lapu in Tagalog
Lapu-lapung lupot in Tagalog
Lilug in Visayan
Lubo in Tagalog
Mamonbong in Visayan
Maskad in Ilokano
Matkad in Ilokano
Maya maya in Tagbanwa Calamian
Ogaw in Visayan
Pla karang-luenglek in Thai (ไทย)
Pugapo in Visayan
Pugayo in Visayan
Salingukod in Visayan
Savon à deux bandes in French (français)
Sebekah laut in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Sebekah lout in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Sibog in Visayan
Sigapo in Tagalog
Subla in Visayan
Tabadlo in Visayan
Tangk-an in Visayan
Ting-ad in Visayan
Two banded grouper in English
Two-band sea-perch in English
Two-banded perch in English
Two-banded sea-perch in English
Two-banded soapfish in English
yellow emperor in English
Yellow striped grouper in English
அனுவ மீன் in Tamil (தமிழ்)
அனோவா மீன் in Tamil (தமிழ்)
双带鲈 in Mandarin Chinese
双带黄鲈 in Mandarin Chinese
雙帶鱸 in Mandarin Chinese
雙帶黃鱸 in Mandarin Chinese
두줄벤자리 in Korean (한국어)

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Serranidae
Genus : Diploprion
Species : Diploprion bifasciatum
Authority : Cuvier, 1828