Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Many-Spotted Sweetlips
Many-Spotted Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Family: Haemulidae
Category: Grunts & Sweetlips
Also known as: Harlequin Sweetlips, Clown Sweetlips
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

Grunts/Sweetlips & Snappers
Grunts & 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)

Black Margate

Panamic Porkfish

Porkfish

Porkfish (Juvenile)

Smallmouth Grunt

White Margate

Tomtate

Caesar Grunt

French Grunt

French Grunt (Juvenile)

Spanish Grunt

Cottonwick

Sailors Choice

White Grunt

Bluestriped Grunt

Graybar grunt

Boga

Wavyline Grunt

Giant Sweetlips (Juvenile)



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