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Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus)
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Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) specimen
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Haemulidae

Oriental Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus vittatus

Seventy Two Centimeters Haemulid Fish of the Western Indian Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Oriental Sweetlips is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 72 cm.

Maximum length
72 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 33390 ) to western Indian Ocean to Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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