Scientific Name	Cephalopholis sexmaculata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Rüppell, 1830)	Depth	6 - 200M
Chinese	六斑九刺鮨	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮨科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F338　Serranidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	六斑九棘鱸
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	六斑鱠、過魚、石斑、鱠仔(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Red Sea
Synonyms	Cephalopholis coatesi, Cephalopholis gibbus, Cephalopholis leopardus, Cephalopholis miniatus, Cephalopholis sexmaculatus, Epinephelus leopardus, Epinephelus sexmaculatus, Serranus leopardus, Serranus sexmaculatus, Serranus zanana
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Randall, J. E. etc. 1985 Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Heemstra, P.C. etc. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056033. FRIP21561.
Common Name	Six-banded grouper; Six-blotch rockcod; Sixblotch hind; Sixband cod; Sixspot rockcod; Six-spotted rockcod; Sixspot grouper; Cave grouper; Freckled rock cod; Freckled rock-cod
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with IX spines (the fin membranes distinctly indented between them) and 14 to 16 rays; anal fin rounded, with III spines and 9 rays; pectoral-fin rays 16 to 18; pectoral fins clearly longer than pelvic fins, pectoral-fin length contained 1.4 to 1.6 times in head length; pelvic-fin length contained 1.9 to 2.2 times in head length; caudal fin well rounded. Lateral-body scales ctenoid, without auxiliary scales (just a few in very large specimens); lateral-line scales 49 to 54; lateral-scale series 95 to 108.
habitats	Coral reefs in depths of 10 to 150 m; a secretive species, generally seen hiding in caves and crevices on the outer reef slope. C. sexmaculata is active nocturnally in shallow water and diurnally in deeper water (Shpigel and Fishelson, 1989b). Rand
Distribution	Red Sea and Indo-Pacific from South Africa (southern Natal) to French Polynesia. Confirmed records from the Indian Ocean include Kenya, Zanzibar, Comoro Islands, Mauritius, Reunion, Maldives, Chagos Islands, and Christmas Island.
Utility	C. sexmaculata is of commercial interest to certain local fisheries.