Oriental Sweetlips

The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus), 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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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Oriental Sweetlips being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Plectorhinchus lessonii
• Plectorhinchus polytaenia
• Atypichthys latus
• Plectorhinchus lineatus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Acanthuriformes

Family

Haemulidae

Genus

Plectorhinchus

Species

Plectorhinchus vittatus

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