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Plectorhinchus ceylonensis
Plectorhinchus ceylonensis, the Sri Lanka sweetlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts. It is native to the Indian Ocean around Sri Lanka. It inhabits waters over coral reefs at depths from 5 to 20 m (16 to 66 ft). This species is rarely found in the aquarium trade.
From the article Plectorhinchus ceylonensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Plectorhinchus ceylonensis has thick, fleshy lips and there are 6 pores on the chin but n central pit. It is slaty-grey in colour with a greenish yellow bar running from the eye to the tip of snout. The dorsal fin contains 14 spines and 19 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 7 soft rays. This species can reach a maximum total length of 44 cm (17 in).
Range & habitat
Plectorhinchus ceylonensis is found in the central Indian Ocean. Its range covers southeastern India and Sri Lanka north and east into the Andaman Sea, as far as the coast of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 615152.