Harlequin Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,823
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, the harlequin sweetlips, clown sweetlips, spotted sweetlips or many-spotted sweetlips, 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 native to the Indo-Pacific region. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides”.