Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Ribbon Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus polytaenia
Ribbon Sweetlips
Category: Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus polytaenia
Size: Up to 16 in. (40 cm)  
Depth: 15-130 ft. (5-40 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Haemulidae (Family)
      └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily)
       └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
        └P. polytaenia (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273494🔗
iNaturalist ID: 135279🔗

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