Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus vittatus
- Usual depth5–24 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and March
- How commonOccasional
About this species
The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips, also known as the oriental sweetlips or oriental blubberlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the grunts. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 84 records
- March: 58 records
- April: 38 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 34 records
- July: 24 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–24 m · Deepest record: 36 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips, Oriental Blubber-lips, Oriental sweeplips, Oriental sweetlips
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Orientalische Süßlippe
- Spanish
- Bakoko oriental
- French
- Diagramme oriental, Diagramme oriental, Gaterin bagnard, Gaterin bagnard de l'Océan Indien, Gaterin bagnard, Gaterin bagnard de l'Océan Indien, Gaterin rayé
- Japanese
- Musujikoshodai, ムスジコショウダイ
- Thai
- ปลาแตงโม, ปลาสร้อยนกเขาลายขวาง, ปลาสร้อยนกเขาลายตรง
- Simplified Chinese
- 六線妞妞, 多帶石鱸, 打鐵婆, 条斑胡椒鲷, 條斑胡椒鯛, 條紋胡椒鯛, 花身舅仔
Other scientific names: Anthias orientalis, Bodian cuvier, Bodianus cuvier, Gaterin orientalis, Perca vittata, Plectorhinchus cuvieri, Plectorhinchus orientalis, Plectorhynchus orientalis, Plectorhynchus vittatus, Plectorinchus vittatus
Similar species
- Clown Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
- Harry Hotlips
Plectorhinchus gibbosus
- Blackstriped Sweetlips
Plectorhinchus lineatus
- painted sweetlip
Plectorhinchus pica
- Ribboned Sweetlip
Plectorhinchus polytaenia
- Two-stripe sweetlips
Plectorhinchus albovittatus
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).
- 887 open-data records from 1931 to 2023.
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