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Subfamily Plectorhynchinae: The Grunts that
are Sweetlips:
Genus Diagramma: Differ from Plectorhinchus in having
much longer caudal peduncles (part of body before tail) and fewer dorsal fin
spines.
| Diagramma pictum (Thunberg 1792), the Painted
Sweetlips. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea, eastern Africa to Japan and New
Caledonia. to about a meter total length. At right: Half and one inch
juveniles in N. Sulawesi. Below: First Row: three to four inch individuals
in N. Sulawesi. Second row: A sub-adult one in Redang,
Malaysia and adults off of Mabul, Malaysia. |
 
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Genus Plectorhinchus:
Plectorhinchus albovittatus (Ruppell 1838), the
Two-Stripe or Giant Sweetlips. Indo-west Pacific, including the Red Sea. To
a meter in length. The largest Sweetlips species. Aquarium and N.
Sulawesi juveniles. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=
6362&genusname=Plectorhinchus&speciesname=albovittatus |
 
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| Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepede 1801, the
Clown or Harlequin Sweetlips. Western Pacific. To twenty nine inches. One
of the most commonly used species of the family... but rarely lives more
than a few days in captivity. At right, a tiny, half-inch baby in its
typical crazy/rapid "dance" (to avoid predation?) in S. Sulawesi. Below: Images of a juvenile (about three inches) in
Fiji, a four inch or so individual in Mabul, Malaysia and a foot long adult in Fiji. |
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| Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia (Bleeker 1855), the
Yellow-Striped Sweetlips. Western Pacific. To sixteen inches in length.
This semi-adult of about eight inches in Bunaken/Sulawesi/Indonesia. |
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| Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepede 1802), the Brown
Sweetlips. Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea to South Africa to Samoa and
Australia. To some thirty inches in length. This one off of Pulau Redang,
Malaysia. |
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| Plectorhinchus lessoni Cuvier 1830. West Pacific, to
sixteen inches long. This semi-adult (eight inch) Below: An adult in S.
Sulawesi, and two adults in N. Sulawesi. |
| Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758), the
Yellow-Banded Sweetlips. Indo-West Pacific. To twenty nine inches in
length in the wild. A juvenile in captivity and an adult in N. Sulawesi. |
 
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| Plectorhinchus obscurus (Synonym for P.
albovittatus) |
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| Plectorhinchus orientalis (Bloch 1793), the Oriental
Sweetlips. A commonly encountered (much of tropical Indo-Pacific) species
in the wild and in the aquarium trade. Rarely lives for any period of
time. To thirty four inches in length (not a mis-print). Below, a juvenile in the
Maldives, a sub-adult in N. Sulawesi and an adult coloration individual in
Fiji. |
| Plectorhinchus pictus (Cuvier 1830), the Dotted or Painted
Sweetlips. Indo-Pacific. Below, a three inch one in captivity, a juvenile in the Long Beach, California Public Aquarium
of the Pacific and one in the Seychelles on a poor visibility
day), to thirty three inches in length. "Marketed fresh". |
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| Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus 1758), the Indian
Ocean Oriental Sweetlips. Indo-West Pacific (this six inch one in Bunaken/Sulawesi/Indonesia).
To only two feet in length. |
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