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)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Haemulidae (Family)
      └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily)
       └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
        └P. vittatus (Species)

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