Ribbon Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus polytaenia

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Max Weight

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Max Depth

40 m

Description

Plectorhinchus polytaenia is a species of grunt native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, where they can be found on coral reefs at depths from 5 to 40 m (16 to 131 ft). This species can reach 50 cm (20 in) in TL. It is important commercially as a food fish. Description Colour: br... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Sri Lanka Maldives Vietnam Indo-Pacific Papua New Guinea +15 more in Seabook

Colors

white

black

brown

yellow

blue

Edible

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Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Group

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Poisonous

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Danger to human

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Venomous

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