Haemulidae

lemonfish

Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus

Fish Reaching Sixty Centimeters in Japanese Waters

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Large
• Tropical fish

Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the Haemulidae family. It has many common names, including lemonfish, goldspotted sweetlips, lemon sweetlips, and yellowspotted thicklip. The International Union for Conservation of Nature named this species as being of "least concern" in terms of conservation efforts.