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Blackspotted rubberlip
Plectorhinchus gaterinus
Distribution: Major part of the Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, coast of East Africa. Description: The head is gray, it owes its "Sloth" name to the characteristic shape of the lips (yellow), which are prominent. The body is white, dotted with small black spots; fins. are yellow. Habitat: This fish, shy, seems to live with other congeners of its kind in bed more or less important. It is most often along the fringing reefs and in shallow depths. Food: He spends part of his time looking for food by digging the sand. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub Class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Perciformes | Sub order: | Percoidei | Family: | Haemulidae | |
| Genus: | Plectorhinchus | Species: | gaterinus | Descriptor: | Forsskål, 1775 |  |