Species of Thailand
Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips
Plectorhinchus vittatus, Carolus Linnaeus, 1758
The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus, is a species of grunt native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species can be found on both coral and rock reefs at depths from 2 to 25 m.
Description
The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips reach up to 72 cm in SL. Juveniles are striped black. As they age, the stripes in the tail are replaced by black dots on a yellow background.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Haemulidae
- Genus
- Plectorhinchus
- Species
- Plectorhinchus vittatus
Synonyms
- Bodianus cuvier, John Joseph Bennett (1829)
- Plectorhinchus orientalis, Marcus Elieser Bloch (1793)
- Gaterin orientalis, Marcus Elieser Bloch (1793)
- Anthias orientalis, Marcus Elieser Bloch (1793)
- Perca vittata, Carolus Linnaeus (1758)
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Similan Islands