Articles in Sweetlips
Harlequin sweetlips – Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Photo of a juvenile Harlequin sweetlips
Species name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Common names: Harlequin sweetlips, Clown Sweetlips
Family: Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order: Perciformes
Class: Actinopterygii
Maximum length: 28.3 in.
Oriental sweetlips – Plectorhinchus orientalis
Species name: Plectorhinchus orientalis. Plectorhinchus vittatus is considered by most to be a synonym. Some authors separate the Indian Ocean and Pacific populations. They use P. vittatus for the Indian Ocean form and P. orientalis …
