Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Dotted Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus pica
Dotted Sweetlips
Also known as: Painted Sweetlips
Category: Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus pica
Synonyms: Plectorhinchus picus
Size: Up to 3 ft. (85 cm)  
Depth: 15-150 ft. (5-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Haemulidae (Family)
      └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily)
       └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
        └P. pica (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1841001🔗
iNaturalist ID: 347600🔗

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