Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

Dotted Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus pica
Dotted Sweetlips
Also known as: Painted Sweetlips
Category: Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus pica
Synonyms: Plectorhinchus picus
Size: Up to 3 ft. (85 cm)  
Depth: 15-150 ft. (5-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Haemulidae (Family) Grunts and Sweetlips
      └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily) Sweetlips
       └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
        └P. pica (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1841001🔗
iNaturalist ID: 347600🔗

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