Helotes sexlineatus

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth15–56 m
Water temperature18–29 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and May
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) James H, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The Eastern striped grunter is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunter from the family Terapontidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region where it is found in coastal waters and is an omnivore.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Eastern striped grunter”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 15 records
February: 40 records
March: 104 records
April: 86 records
May: 87 records
June: 42 records
July: 20 records
August: 50 records
September: 37 records
October: 15 records
November: 32 records
December: 46 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 15–56 m · Deepest record: 87 m

0–10 m: 6 records
10–20 m: 83 records
20–30 m: 109 records
30–40 m: 56 records
40–50 m: 11 records
50–60 m: 48 records
60–70 m: 13 records
70–80 m: 9 records
80–90 m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 19 records
20–22 °C: 185 records
22–24 °C: 167 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 14 records
28–30 °C: 6 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Pelates quinquelineatus, Pelates sexlineatus, Terapon sexlineatus

Similar species

Largescaled therapon
Terapon theraps
Fourlined terapon
Pelates quadrilineatus
Jarbua terapon
Terapon jarbua
Small-scaled terapon
Terapon puta
Amniataba caudavittata
Silver grunter
Mesopristes argenteus

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
858 open-data records from 1825 to 2014.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.

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