Yellowface soapfish
Diploprion drachi
- Usual depth14 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly, October, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Daniel Benák, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 7 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 12 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 17 records
- November: 13 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 14 m · Deepest record: 14 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Photos
(c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Yellowface soapfish, Red Sea Soapfish, yellowface soapfish
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 德氏雙帶鱸, 德氏黃鱸
Similar species
Barred soapfishDiploprion bifasciatus
Golden Ribbon Soapfish, Goldribbon soapfishAulacocephalus temminckii
Arrow-headed SoapfishBelonoperca chabanaudi
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 27 open-data records from 2013 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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