Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Dotted Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus picus
Dotted Sweetlips
Also known as: Painted Sweetlips
Category: Sweetlips
Scientific Name: 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)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Eupercaria (Order)
      └Haemulidae (Family)
       └Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily)
        └Plectorhinchus (Genus)
         └P. picus (Species)

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