Morwong
Diagramma pictum
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 777
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
Description
The painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum), also known as the Australian slatey, blackall, bluey, grey sweetlips, moke, morwong, mother-in-law fish, painted blubber-lips, slate bream, slate sweetlips, smokey bream, thicklip or yellowdot sweetlips is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific region.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Painted sweetlips”.