Giant sweetlips

Plectorhinchus obscurus

One Hundred Centimeters Haemulid Fish of Japanese Waters

Giant sweetlips is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 100 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Haemulidae
Genus: Plectorhinchus
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Fiji, north to southern Japan (Ref. 9710 ), south to Australia and New Caledonia (Ref. 9710 ); throughout Micronesia.

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