Haemulidae

Largespot sweetlips

Plectorhinchus macrospilus

Haemulid Fish beneath the Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Southeast Asia
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Plectorhinchus macrospilus, the largespot sweetlips, largespot thicklips or Andaman sweetlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts. It is native to the north eastern Indian Ocean.