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Crescent Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus cinctus

Also known as: Blubberlip, Dark-banded Sweetlip, Sweetlips, Threeband Sweetlip, Three-banded Sweetlip, Yellow-spotted Grunt

Adult
@amelie0212 · tainan, Taiwan · October 20221 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in schools, hiding in nooks and crannies during the day, feeding nocturnally over coral and rocky coastal reefs.

In some areas of the world 'Grunts' are better known as 'Sweetlips' distinguished from other species by their very large rubbery lips.
'Grunts'because they "grunt," the grunting sound is produced by their flat teeth plates rubbing together and this is amplified by their air bladders.
Found either singly or in schools hovering or motionless over the reef during the day, becoming nocturnal predators.

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found singly or in schools, hiding in nooks and crannies during the day, feeding nocturnally over coral and rocky coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyHaemulidae
    6. genusPlectorhinchus
    7. speciesPlectorhinchus cinctus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

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    More in the family

    Grunts (Haemulidae)