Manyline Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus multivittatus (Macleay 1878)

Other Names: Manybanded Sweetlips, Many-lined Sweetlips

A Manyline Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus multivittatus, at the Murion Islands north of Exmouth, on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, April 2009, depth 14 m. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A sweetlips with wavy horizontal lines on face, dense yellow spots forming oblique wavy lines on the upper sides, a silvery abdomen with smaller yellow spots, and yellow fins.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Plectorhinchus multivittatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 10 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/458

Manyline Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus multivittatus (Macleay 1878)

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Distribution	Northern Australia, from about Kalbarri, Western Australia, to Mackay, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in Taiwan.
Species Citation	Diagramma multivittatum Macleay 1878, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1 2(4): 349, pl. 7(2). Type locality: Port Darwin.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2018
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Manyline Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus multivittatus (Macleay 1878)

References

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Macleay, W.J. 1878. The fishes of Port Darwin. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 2(4): 344-367 pls 7-10 See ref at BHL

McKay, R.J. 2001. Haemulidae. pp. 2961-2989 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

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