Location: Yap, Micronesia
Striped Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lessonii
Striped Sweetlips
Also known as: Lesson's Thicklip, Lesson's Aweetlips
Category: Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus lessonii
Synonyms: Diagramma lessonii
Size: 12 to 19 in. (30 to 48 cm)
Depth: 10-120 ft. (3-37 m)
Distribution: 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. lessonii (Species)
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