Painted Sweetlips

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Diagramma pictum

Painted Sweetlips, a reference photo
Photo: Jean-Lou Justine · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum), also known as the Australian slatey, blackall, bluey, grey sweetlips, moke, morwong, mother-in-law fish, painted blubber-lips, slate bream, slate sweetlips, smokey bream, thicklip or yellowdot sweetlips is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific region.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Painted 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Acanthuriformes
Family
Haemulidae
Species
Diagramma pictum

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