Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Eupercaria (Order)
      └Haemulidae (Family)
       └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily)
        └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
         └P. polytaenia (Species)

Grunts & Snappers
Sweetlips

Ribbon Sweetlips

Oriental Sweetlips

Oriental Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Giant Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips (Sub-Adult)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips

Goldlstriped Sweetlips

Striped Sweetlips

Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips

Dotted Sweetlips



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