Lesson's Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lessonii
- Usual depth2–26 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, May, and June
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–26 m · Deepest record: 25.9 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Lesson's Sweetlips, Lesson's thicklip, Striped Sweetlips
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Gaterin rayé
- Japanese
- Hiregurokoshodai, ヒレグロコショウダイ
Other scientific names: Diagramma lessonii, Plectorhinchus lessoni, Plectrorhincus lessoni
Similar species
- Clown Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
- Harry Hotlips
Plectorhinchus gibbosus
- Blackstriped Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lineatus
- painted sweetlip
Plectorhinchus pica
- Ribboned Sweetlip
Plectorhinchus polytaenia
- Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus vittatus
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 229 open-data records from 1940 to 2017.
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