title: Branchiostegus sawakinensis
text: # Branchiostegus sawakinensis
  
  Branchiostegus sawakinensis, the freckled tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is native to the Indo-West Pacific area. From the Red Sea and south off Durban, South Africa. Also reported from the Arafura Sea, found in northwestern Australia and around the Philippines. This species reaches a length of 45 cm (18 in).
  
  