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Juvenile oriental sweetip

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus vittatus

Size: Up to 5.9 inches

Color: Brown, yellow, cream

Distinguishing feature: Brown body dotted with white spots, themselves surrounded by orange-yellow

Where did we see it: French polynesia, Mexico, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat

Juvenile oriental sweetip of Mayotte

Juvenile oriental sweetip

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus vittatus

Size: Up to 5.9 inches

Color: Brown, yellow, cream

Distinguishing feature: Brown body dotted with white spots, themselves surrounded by orange-yellow

Where did we see it: French polynesia, Mexico, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat

In detail

For Oriental diagram, the fur of juveniles is very different from adults. It looks like a livery of nudibranchs or flat-worm, which deliver toxic substances. This could have a preventive purpose against predators.

This juvenile prefers sheltered areas, he also likes to hide in the hollows of corals or branched corals.

He is quite shy as a child, but will always stay near his hiding place and not go far away.

The different species of Sweetlips we have seen

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