Painted Sweetlips
The Painted Sweetlips / Grunt (Plectorhinchus picus) is a medium to large Sweetlips, growing to more than 80cm. in some cases. It lives in the Indo Pacific region, particularly around The Coral Triangle and Indian Ocean.
Painted Sweetlips
Credit: Johan Folmeus
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Painted Sweetlips Plectorhinchus picus
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| Scientific Rank | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata (Chordates)
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| Class: |
Actinopterygii
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| Order: | Perciformes (Perch-Like Fish) |
| Family: | Haemulidae (Haemulidae) |
| Genus: | Plectorhinchus (Plectorhinchus) |
| Species: | Plectorhinchus picus |
| Size | |
| Average Size: | 70 centimetres |
