Reticulated leatherjacket, Bourse garnale, Bourse réticulée, Feilenfisch, Ballesta reticulada.

Lives in coastal rocky substrate, usually with vegetation. Consumes small invertebrates plucked from rocks. Maximum size: 250 mm TL.

Distribution
Western Indian Ocean : Persian Gulf to the Red Sea and immigrated via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea.

Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 33; Anal soft rays: 30 - 33

Synonymised
Stephanolepis ocheticus - (Fraser-Brunner, 1940)
Stephanolepis weberi - (Fowler & Steinitz, 1956)