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Haemulidae
ribboned sweetlips
Plectorhinchus polytaenia
Fish Reaching Fifty Centimeters in Philippine Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Mediumribboned sweetlips is a marine fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 50 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Haemulidae
- Genus
- Plectorhinchus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India; Philippines and Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, south to northern Australia (Ref. 9710 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
