6453 Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830) Epinephelidae Groupers Perciformes/Serranoidei Teleostei Sixblotch hind Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa and eastward to French Polynesia. Reported from the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819). Reports by Heemstra & Randall (1984, Ref. 3153) from the Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka are unsubstantiated. Absent from the Persian Gulf and is not yet known from Lakshadweep Islands. AMNH 213540 1969 Cephalopholis sexmaculata AMNH 51999 1970 Cephalopholis sexmaculata FW O1900-T 1994 Cephalopholis sexmaculatus 24 n 37 e 2011 Epinephelus sexmaculatus 0 - 10 m 24 n 37 e 2011 Epinephelus sexmaculatus 0 - 10 m