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Two-striped Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus albovittatus

Also known as: Giant Sweetlips, Giant Thicklip, Stripe Sweetlips, Striped Yellow Sweetlips, Sweetlips, Twostripe Sweetlips, Yellow-lined Sweetlips

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
Adult
@fishx6 · Challenger Bay - Great Barrier Reef, Australia · July 20091 / 8
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, during the day around deep reef bommies, dispersing at night, hunting for food, over clear lagoons and seaward reefs.
Juveniles in brackish, murky waters, of coastal shorelines.

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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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
speckled
Fins & Tail
black fins

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found singly or in pairs, during the day around deep reef bommies, dispersing at night, hunting for food, over clear lagoons and seaward reefs.

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Adult photos 8

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyHaemulidae
    6. genusPlectorhinchus
    7. speciesPlectorhinchus albovittatus (Rüppell, 1838)

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    More in the family

    Grunts (Haemulidae)