Plectorhinchus unicolor
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Haemulidae
Genus
Plectorhinchus
Species
Plectorhinchus unicolor
Colours
Distinguishing features
A dark silver/grey sweetlips with black fins, a black edge to the gill cover above the level of the pectoral fin, and a white spine at anterior edge of ventral fin (Allen et al, 1997; Allen et al, 2003). Smallish specimens (40 to 50 cm long) at Lizard Island have a yellowish tail.
Size
- Up to 80 cm (Length)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Plectorhinchus schotaf
Plectorhinchus schotaf has been mistakenly applied to Plectorhinchus unicolor in Australia but that species is not known to occur there (described from the Red Sea) (Randall et al, 1997).
Distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
It can be found in marine environments.Web resources
References
- Johnson, J.W. and J.W. Wilmer (07/2015). Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus, a new species of sweetlips (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from northern Australia and the resurrection of P. unicolor (Macleay, 1883), species previously confused with P. schotaf (Forsskål, 1775), Zootaxa, 3985(4). Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus, a new species of sweetlips (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from northern Australia and the resurrection of P. unicolor (Macleay, 1883), species previously confused with P. schotaf (Forsskål, 1775)↱