Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Oriental Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus vittatus
Oriental Sweetlips
Category: Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus vittatus
Size: 1 to 3 ft. (30 to 85 cm)  
Depth: 6-75 ft. (2-23 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Haemulidae (Family) Grunts and Sweetlips
      └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily) Sweetlips
       └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
        └P. vittatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218545🔗
iNaturalist ID: 120999🔗

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