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Biglip grunt (Plectorhinchus macrolepis)
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Biglip grunt (Plectorhinchus macrolepis) specimen
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Haemulidae

Biglip grunt

Plectorhinchus macrolepis

Haemulid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Biglip grunt is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 53.8 cm.

Maximum length
53.8 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: west African coast, from Senegal to Democratic Republic of Congo (Ref. 81655 ) and Angola (Ref. 7376 , 57395 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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