Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Many-Spotted Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Many-Spotted Sweetlips
Also known as: Harlequin Sweetlips, Clown Sweetlips
Category: Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Size: 1.5 to 2.25 ft. (45 to 72 cm)  
Depth: 6-100 ft. (2-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Eupercaria (Order)
      └Haemulidae (Family)
       └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily)
        └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
         └P. chaetodonoides (Species)

Grunts & Snappers
Sweetlips

Many-Spotted Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips (Sub-Adult)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips

Striped Sweetlips

Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips

Dotted Sweetlips

Ribbon Sweetlips

Oriental Sweetlips

Oriental Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Giant Sweetlips (Juvenile)



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