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Blackspotted Rubberlip (Plectorhinchus gaterinus)

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”.

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