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Plectorhinchus picusPlectorhinchus picus (Spotted thicklip; Spotted sweetlips; Pointed sweet lip; Painted sweetlips; Painted sweetlip; Painted grunt; Orientalis sweetlip; Maple sweetlips; Magpie sweetlips; Dotted sweetlips; Black and white sweetlips; Sweetlips; Dotted sweetlip)
Synonyms: Diagramma pica (heterotypic); Diagramma punctatissimum; Gaterin picus (heterotypic); Gaterin punctatissimus; Plectorhinchus punctatissimus; Plectorhynchus picus (heterotypic); Plectrorhynchus picus (heterotypic)
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Plectorhinchus picus, the painted sweetlips, is a species of grunt native to coral reefs of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean at depths of 3 to 50 m (9.8 to 164.0 ft). This species can reach 84 cm (33 in) in TL. It is a commercially important species and can be found in the aquarium trade. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
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