Blackall Sweetlips
Diagramma labiosum
- Usual depth4–52 m
- Water temperature26–28 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and June
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) brendanboyd, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Diagramma centurio, the painted sweetlips, Australian slatey, greysweetlips, painted blubber-lips or yellowdot sweetlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Diagramma labiosum”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 33 records
- February: 28 records
- March: 45 records
- April: 59 records
- May: 62 records
- June: 67 records
- July: 39 records
- August: 48 records
- September: 31 records
- October: 43 records
- November: 48 records
- December: 34 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–52 m · Deepest record: 73.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–28 °C
Photos
(c) Martin Rady, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Rolf Lawrenz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) brendanboyd, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Fletcher, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Wilson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Martin Rady, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Blackall Sweetlips, Grey Sweetlips, Painted Sweetlips, Slatey Sweetlips
Names in 1 more languages
- Spanish
- Roncador boca grande
Similar species
GruntDiagramma pictum
Clown SweetlipsPlectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Harry HotlipsPlectorhinchus gibbosus
Blackstriped SweetlipsPlectorhinchus lineatus
painted sweetlipPlectorhinchus pica
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 111 open-data records from 1972 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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