| Oriental sweetlips | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Genus: | Plectorhinchus |
| Species: | P. vittatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Oriental sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus, a species of sweetlips of the family Haemulidae, is found in Indo-West Pacific oceans. This common name can also refer to the species Plectorhinchus orientalis
The Oriental Sweetlips reach lengths up to 85 centimetres (33 in). Juveniles are striped black. As they age, the stripes in the tail are replaced by black dots on a yellow background. They inhabit coral reefs and feed on crustaceans, snails, slugs, and worms.