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Lesson's thicklip (Plectorhinchus lessonii)
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Ecological Illustration of Lesson's thicklip (Plectorhinchus lessonii)
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Haemulidae

Lesson's thicklip

Plectorhinchus lessonii

Forty Centimeters Haemulid Fish from Western Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Lesson's thicklip is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 40 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family
Haemulidae
Genus
Plectorhinchus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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