Marine life identification guide > Sweetlips & grunts > Oriental sweetlips

Plectorhinchus vittatus

Oriental sweetlips

Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips, yellowbanded sweetlips

Distribution: from eastern Africa and western Indian Ocean to Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia.

The juveniles from this species are colored very differently from the adults

Often confused with Plectorhinchus lineatus and Plectorhinchus lessonii.

Plectorhinchus vittatus snorkeling pictures

at Anse Source d’Argent (La Digue)
© nicoleguillemin

at Bunaken (Indonesia)

at Tubod Marine Sanctuary (Philippines)
© mluzvieira

at Baie Lazare (Mahé)
© andyjukie

at Vilamendhoo (Ari Atoll)
© dominique

at Anse Caiman (La Digue)

at Velidhu (Ari Atoll)
© aurelie

at Denis Island (Denis & Bird)
© tinoumer

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