Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Many-Spotted Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Many-Spotted Sweetlips
Also known as: Harlequin Sweetlips, Clown Sweetlips
Category: Sweetlips
Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Size: 1.5 to 2.25 ft. (45 to 72 cm)  
Depth: 6-100 ft. (2-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
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. chaetodonoides (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273483🔗
iNaturalist ID: 122002🔗

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