Painted Sweetlips
Painted Sweetlips
Credit: Johan Folmeus
Painted Sweetlips Plectorhinchus picus | ||
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| Description | ||
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. | ||
| Scientific Rank | ||
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum: | Chordata (Chordates) | |
| Class: | Actinopterygii | |
| Order: | Perciformes (Perch-Like Fish) | |
| Family: | Haemulidae (Haemulidae) | |
| Genus: | Plectorhinchus (Plectorhinchus) | |
| Species: | Plectorhinchus picus | |
| Size | ||
| Average Size: | 70 centimetres | |
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