Six-banded Rock Cod
Epinephelus sexfasciatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 8 countries and 3 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 82 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 2 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 13 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 7 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 12 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 19 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 17 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 3 records