Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus
Yellowspotted Thicklip
©Anne: Goldspotted Sweetlips in a cave at Lizard Island (9 Mar 2015)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Haemulidae
Genus
Plectorhinchus
Species
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus
Colours
Distinguishing features
Silver grey with orange spots on body, tail and dorsal fin. Head blueish with orange spots merging to stripes.
Size
- Up to 60 cm (Total Length)
Depth range
- From 4 m to 100 m - applies to Maximum depth is not known with any certainty.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
Inhabits coastal waters near reefs and weedy areas. Adults usually on silty reefs at moderate depths, or in current channels occasionally inshore; juveniles enter estuaries and harbors (Fishbase).
Web resources
References
- Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
- Burdon-Jones, C. and G.R.W. Denton (1981). Metals in marine organisms from the Great Barrier Reef Province. Part 1. Base line survey,Interim Progress Report, James Cook University, Townsville.. LIRS catalog number 69.
- Hunter, J.A., E. Ingram, R.D. Adlard, R.A. Bray and T.H. Cribb (2010). A cryptic complex of Transversotrema species (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) on labroid, haemulid and lethrinid fishes in the Indo-West Pacific region, including the description of three new species, Zootaxa, 2652: 17-32. LIRS catalog number 1313.