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Oriental sweetlips

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus vittatus

Size: Up to 2.8 feet

Color: White, black, yellow

Distinguishing feature: White body striped with black horizontally lines, the fins are yellow. The caudal and the dorsal are dotted black.

Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, Thailand, Mayotte, Maldives

Oriental sweetlips of Maldives

Oriental sweetlips

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus vittatus

Size: Up to 2.8 feet

Color: White, black, yellow

Distinguishing feature: White body striped with black horizontally lines, the fins are yellow. The caudal and the dorsal are dotted black.

Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, Thailand, Mayotte, Maldives

In detail

This fish can be solitary or grouped in a shoal of several individuals (a few tens).

This fish takes its name from two points: diagram because of the pattern on its body and oriental for its presence in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean.

The different species of Sweetlips we have seen

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