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Dotted Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus pica

Also known as: Black-and-White Sweetlips, Black Picus Dogfish, Black Picus Sweetlips, Black-spotted Sweetlips, Dogface Sweetlips, Dotted Sweetlip, Magpie Sweetlips, Maple Sweetlips, Oriental Sweetlips, Painted Sweetlips, Spotted Clown Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Thicklip, Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus picus

LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
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@fishx6 · Pangaimotu, Tonga · September 20111 / 7

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Overview

Juveniles found over shallow lagoons. Juveniles over shallow lagoons.

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How to identify

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Pattern
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Behaviour
hoveringnocturnalschoolingshelters in cavessolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 7
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Juveniles found over shallow lagoons.

RANGE
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Juvenile photos 7

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyHaemulidae
    6. genusPlectorhinchus
    7. speciesPlectorhinchus pica (Cuvier, 1828)

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