Goldribbon soapfish
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The goldribbon soapfish is also known as an ornamental fish.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Goldribbon soapfish
- Scientific name
- Aulacocephalus temminckii
- Japanese name
- ルリハタ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Serranidae
- Genus
- Aulacocephalus
It lives from the Izu Islands to the coast of Kochi Prefecture, around Jeju Island and southern Taiwan, and in scattered places in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
Basic data
- Range
- Indo-West Pacific, Marshall Islands, Aur Atoll, and elsewhere
Where the Goldribbon soapfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ルリハタ
- 简体中文
- 琉璃紫鲈
- 繁體中文
- 特氏紫鱸
- 한국어
- 황줄바리
- Français
- Savon à bande jaune
- Deutsch
- Blauer Seifenbarsch
- Português (Brasil)
- Garoupa-real
- Русский
- Сине-жёлтый окунь
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ルリハタChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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