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Plectorhinchus
Plectorhinchus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae which is one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae which also includes the grunts. The species in this genus are found in fresh, brackish, and salt waters.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 30 known species
Harlequin Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Oriental Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus vittatus
Oblique-banded Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus lineatus
Goldspotted Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus flavomaculatus
Blubberlip
speciesPlectorhinchus gibbosus
Blackspotted Rubberlip
speciesPlectorhinchus gaterinus
Ribbon Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus polytaenia
Dotted Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus pica
Striped Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus lessonii
Giant Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus albovittatus
Biglip Grunt
speciesPlectorhinchus macrolepis
Goldlined Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus chrysotaenia
Whitebarred Rubberlip
speciesPlectorhinchus playfairi
Manyline Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus multivittatus
Sombre Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus unicolor
Rubber-lip Grunt
speciesPlectorhinchus mediterraneus
Blue Bastard
speciesPlectorhinchus caeruleonothus
Grey Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus schotaf
Barred Rubberlip
speciesPlectorhinchus plagiodesmus
Crescent Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus cinctus
Sordid Rubberlip
speciesPlectorhinchus sordidus
Dusky Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus chubbi
Largespot Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus macrospilus
Plectorhinchus ceylonensis
speciesPlectorhinchus ceylonensis
Trout Sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus pictus
Plectorhinchus paulayi
speciesPlectorhinchus paulayi
Oman sweetlips
speciesPlectorhinchus makranensis
Plectorhinchus griseus
speciesPlectorhinchus griseus
Striped grunt
speciesPlectorhinchus diagrammus
Plectorhinchus umbrinus
speciesPlectorhinchus umbrinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 91150.