
Blackspotted Rubberlip
Plectorhinchus gaterinus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 461
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Plectorhinchus gaterinus, commonly known as the blackspotted rubberlip or African grunt, 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 found in the western Indian Ocean.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Plectorhinchus gaterinus”.