Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Haemulidae > Plectorhinchus > Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides (Spotted blubber-lips; Spotted sweetlips; Sweetlips; Many-spotted sweetlips; Harlequin's sweetlips; Harlequin thicklip; Harlequin sweetlips; Harlequin sweetlip; Grunt; Clown sweetlips; Brownkelly)

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Language: Agutaynen; Bikol; Carolinian; Cebuano; Chavacano; Danish; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Gela; Hiligaynon; Ilokano; Japanese; Javanese; Kagayanen; Kapampangan; Kumak; Kuyunon; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Misima-Paneati; Numee; Rapa; Surigaonon; Swedish; Tagalog; Thai; Tonga; Vietnamese; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, the harlequin sweetlips, is a species of grunt native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is a denizen of coral reefs found at depths of from 1 to 30 m (3.3 to 98.4 ft). It can reach 72 cm (28 in) in TL. The heaviest known individual weighed 7 kg (15 lb). This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Metabenedeniella hoplognathi[1]
Metabenedeniella parva[1]

External References

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0