Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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) 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. polytaenia (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273494🔗
iNaturalist ID: 135279🔗

All Photographs
© 2026 Florent Charpin