Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips
| Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Genus: | Plectorhinchus |
| Species: | P. vittatus |
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| Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus, is a species of grunt native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species can be found on both coral and rock reefs at depths from 2 to 25 m (6.6 to 82.0 ft).[1]
Description
The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips reach up to 72 cm (28 in) in SL. Juveniles are striped black. As they age, the stripes in the tail are replaced by black dots on a yellow background.
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Plectorhinchus vittatus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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