Many-lined sweetlips (Plectorhinchus multivittatus)

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus multivittatus Macleay, 1878

Many-lined sweetlips (Plectorhinchus multivittatus)

The Many-lined sweetlips (Plectorhinchus multivittatus) is a marine fish of the family Haemulidae. Native range: Western Pacific, Taiwan and northern Australia.

Species facts

Scientific name
Plectorhinchus multivittatus
Family
Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.0
Common length
40.0
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Taiwan and northern Australia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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