Painted sweetlip (Plectorhinchus picus)

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus picus Cuvier, 1828

Painted sweetlip (Plectorhinchus picus)

The Painted sweetlip (Plectorhinchus picus) is a marine fish of the family Haemulidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-20; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Juveniles under 25 cm black with a few large white blotches. Adults white with numerous small dark spots. Changes from bold black and white pattern to a whitish grey with numerous small black spots over most of the upper body and fins. Often confused with P. chaetodonoides, but is more slender and spots are smaller.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Plectorhinchus picus
Family
Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
84.0
Common length
70.0
Depth range
3–50 m (10–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 3 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Seychelles to the Society Islands, north to Japan and south to Lord Howe and Rapa Islands. Rare or absent from most of the western Indian Ocean, but common in the Seychelles.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18)

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Sources

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

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