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Sweetlip

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Sweetlip

Plectorhinchus gaterinus

About

Plectorhinchus gaterinus, commonly called the blackspotted rubberlip or African grunt, is a marine ray-finned fish and a sweetlips of the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies within the grunt family Haemulidae. It occurs in the western Indian Ocean.

Family
Haemulidae
Avg size
40-50 cm
Habitat
Plectorhinchus gaterinus lives at depths of 5 to 55 m (16 to 180 ft) on coastal reefs, sand banks, and near estuaries, and by day it often gathers in large groups beneath ledges or along reef slopes. Juveniles tend to occur in seagrass beds.
Behaviour
The blackspotted rubberlip feeds mainly on smaller fish and crustaceans. It is an egg-laying species that spawns in distinct pairs, and a spawning aggregation has been recorded in the Persian Gulf off Kuwait.

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