Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

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: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Palau
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. lessonii (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273488🔗
iNaturalist ID: 134157🔗

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