Description

Also known as Bar-faced Grubfish, Bar-faced Sandperch, Bar-faced Weever, Barred Sandperch, Grubfish, Nebulous Sandperch, Nosestripe Sandperch, Red-Barred Grubfish, Red-barred Sandperch, Red-faced Weaver, Sandsmelt, Weever, Weeverfish.

Found on silty, rubble and sand bottoms, over coral and rocky reefs in shallow bays.
They feed on small crustaceans.
Length - 25cm
Depth - 10-120m
Indo-West Pacific - Australia

Sandperches live in the sand under solid pieces of reef, a single dominant male lives with a small harem of females. Not a very shy fish, is happy to sit and watch the world go by! Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/7869