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''Grammistes sexlineatus'' is a species of fish in the family Serranidae. Its common names include goldenstriped soapfish,〔Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. (''Grammistes sexlineatus''. ) FishBase. 2014.〕 six-lined soapfish, and skunkfish.〔Amesbury, S. S. and R. F. Myers. (Grammistinae (Soapfishes). ) The Fishes. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam, Vol 1.〕 ==Description== ''Grammistes sexlineatus'' is a middle sized fish, it can grow up to 30 cms of maximum length.〔Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p.〕 Its background body color is dark brown with a maximum of six white to yellow horizontal lines but number of lines depends on the maturity of the fish. Thus, the juveniles have white to yellow dots on a dark background until an approximate size of 17.5 mm.〔Coloration and Probable Toxicity of Juvenile Soapfish Grammistes sexlineatus (Pisces: Grammistidae) Ariel Diamant & Daniel Golani Copeia Vol. 1984, No. 4 (Dec. 18, 1984), pp. 1015-1017〕 Thereafter , the points gradually become lines. To a length of 5cms, these soap fish have three horizontal lines. Only from 8cms long that the soapfish gets the six distinctive horizontal lines. Note that adults specimen close to the maximum size, these lines tend to sever to form small strokes and points.〔Randall, J.E., 1986. Grammistidae. p. 537-538. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grammistes sexlineatus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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