# Arenal moteado (Parapercis hexophtalma), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheij, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 91

- By: Diego Delso
- Date: 2022-03-26
- Classification: Photograph
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Male Speckled sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt. It's a species of marine bony fish that grows to a length of around 28 cm (11 in) and is found in shallow waters on the east coast of Africa as far south as Natal, the Red Sea and the western Indo-Pacific. Like other members of the family Pinguipedidae are protogynous hermaphrodites, starting their adult life as females and changing sex to males later. Not only do the fish change sex, but they also change their markings at the same time. Male fish are territorial and defend a harem of females.