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Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus vittatus

Also known as: Oriental Blubberlips, Oriental Dogfish, Oriental Grunt, Oriental Sweetlip, Oriental Sweetlips, Oriental Thicklip, Sweetlips, Yellow-banded Sweetlips

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2019
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
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@blogie · Dayang Beach Dive Site, Talikud Island, Island Garden City of Samal, Philippines · May 20121 / 17

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Overview

Juveniles found singly close to shelter, over clear water, shallow protected lagoons.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blotcheswhite spots
Behaviour
hoveringmakes soundsnocturnalschoolingshelters in cavessolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Country only · 17
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Juveniles found singly close to shelter, over clear water, shallow protected lagoons.

RANGE
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Juvenile photos 17

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyHaemulidae
    6. genusPlectorhinchus
    7. speciesPlectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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