Stripey

Scientific name	Microcanthus strigatus
English name	Stripey
Japanese name	駕篭担鯛
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Perciformes
Family	Microcanthidae
Genus	Microcanthus
Species	strigatus
Subspecies	---
Full length	~20cm.
Distribution	Pacific Ocean. Central and southern Honshu.

Characteristics

Five black vertical stripes run across the pale yellow. One of them runs through the snout and crosses the eye. The caudal fin is transparent. The silhouette is a slightly tall rectangle.

The largest ones are about 20cm long.

Picture of Stripey

Ecology

Found in reefs and tide pools. Swims in schools and eats seaweed and small animals.

Habitat

Miura Peninsula, Arasaki

There were many of them in the tide pools and relatively shallow rocks of Arasaki. They were in schools of several fish or mixed with other fish such as Oyabiccha. Most of them were a little larger than Oyabiccha.