Sweetlip
Plectorhinchus gaterinus
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.
Where & When to See It
Sha'ab Samadai (Dolphin House)
The Barge at Bluff Point
The Canyon
The Caves
The Islands
The Ulysses
Sha'ab Sharm
Ras Abu Helal
Three Pools
Shaab Claudia
Bluff Point
Abu Dabbab
Shaab Maksur
Lighthouse
Habili Ali
Shaab Sataya
Moray Garden - Golden Blocks
Abu Ghalawa
Eel Gardens
Elphinstone
North Gabr El Bint
Napoleon Reef
North Ras Abu Galum
Blue Hole - El Bells
Daedalus Reef
Rosalie Moller
South Ras Abu Galum
Fury Shoals
Kormoran
Laguna Reef
Middle Garden
Near Garden
Panorama Reef
Paradise
Pinky Wall
Ras Bob
Ras Burg
Ras Disha
Ras Ghamila
Ras Ghozlani
Ras Katy
Ras Nasrani
Ras Um Sid
Ras Zaatar
Salem Express
Shaab Abu Nugar
Shaab El Erg
Shaab Eshta
Shaab Petra
Shaab Sabina
Shabrur Um Gamar
Shark & Yolanda Reef
Shark Observatory
Small Giftun
Sodfa
Soma Bay Garden
Temple
The Alternatives
Thistlegorm
Thomas Reef
Tower
Turft El Shahed
Turtle Bay
Turtle Reef
Umm Gamar North
Umm Gamar South
White Knight
Woodhouse Reef
Dunraven (Beacon Rock)
Gota Abu Ramada
Shag Rock (Kingston)
Shark's Bay
Siyul Kebira
Small Crack
Abu Kifan
Shaab Eissa
Abu Hashish
Abu Nuhas
Abu Ramada North
Abu Ramada South
Amphoras
Banana Reef
Belina Wreck
Big Giftun
Careless Reef
Carnatic
Chrisoula K
Eel Garden
El Erug
El Fanadir
El Fanous West
El Mina Wreck
Erg Abu Ramada
Erg Sabina
Erg Somaya
Far Garden
Fiddle Garden
Giannis D
Gordon Reef
Hamda
Jackfish Alley
Jackson Reef
Kimon M