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Updated 9/27/2020

Family Haemulidae

ASIAN PACIFIC

Plectorhinchus lessonii

  

Palau, 15 feet

Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet

STRIPED SWEETLIPS

A solitary species found under ledges at scuba depth.  Attains 16 inches.  Indonesia to Okinawa and New Caledonia.  Formerly known as Plectorhinchus diagrammus.