Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Dotted Sweetlips
Dotted Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus picus
Order: Eupercaria
Family: Haemulidae
Category: Grunts & Sweetlips
Also known as: Painted Sweetlips
Size: Up to 3 ft. (85 cm)  
Depth: 15-150 ft. (5-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Australia, French Polynesia

Grunts/Sweetlips & Snappers
Grunts & Sweetlips

Dotted Sweetlips

Ribbon Sweetlips

Oriental Sweetlips

Oriental Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Black Margate

Panamic Porkfish

Porkfish

Porkfish (Juvenile)

Smallmouth Grunt

White Margate

Tomtate

Caesar Grunt

French Grunt

French Grunt (Juvenile)

Spanish Grunt

Cottonwick

Sailors Choice

White Grunt

Bluestriped Grunt

Graybar grunt

Boga

Wavyline Grunt

Giant Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips (Sub-Adult)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips

Striped Sweetlips

Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips



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