Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-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)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Haemulidae (Family)
      └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily)
       └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
        └P. chaetodonoides (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273483🔗
iNaturalist ID: 122002🔗

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