Plectorhinchus lessonii Lesson's thicklip, Striped Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus lessoniiis commonly referred to as Lesson's thicklip, Striped Sweetlips. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7658 

AphiaID:

273488 

Scientific:

Plectorhinchus lessonii 

German:

Phantom-Süßlippe 

English:

Lesson's Thicklip, Striped Sweetlips 

Category:

Sweetlips/Grunts 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Plectorhinchus (Genus) > lessonii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1830 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bunaken, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Japan, Komodo (Komodo Island), Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Sulawesi, Taiwan 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 35 Meter 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Clam meat, Clams, Fish (little fishes), Insects, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Plectorhinchus albovittatus
  Zweifarbige Süßlippe, Riesensüßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus ceylonensis
  Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
  Harlekin-Süßlippe
• Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia
• Plectorhinchus chubbi
• Plectorhinchus cinctus
• Plectorhinchus diagrammus
• Plectorhinchus faetela
• 
  Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus
  Orangetupfen-Süsslippen
• 
  Plectorhinchus gaterinus
  Schwarztupfen-Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus gibbosus
  Harrys Süsslippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus lessonii
  Phantom-Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus lineatus
  Gelbgestreifte Süsslippe
• Plectorhinchus macrolepis
• 
  Plectorhinchus macrospilus
  Großfleckige Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus mediterraneus
  Mittelmeer-Süßlippe
• Plectorhinchus multivittatus
• 
  Plectorhinchus obscurus
  Riesen-Süßlippe
• Plectorhinchus paulayi
• 
  Plectorhinchus pictus
  Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus picus
  Schwarzweiße Süßlippe, Schwarzweiß-Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus plagiodesmus
  Gelbmaul-Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus playfairi
  Weißbänder-Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus polytaenia
  Goldband-Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus schotaf
  Schotafs Süßlippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus sordidus
  Schwarze Süßlippe
• Plectorhinchus umbrinus
• 
  Plectorhinchus vittatus
  Orient-Süsslippe
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus
  Süsslippe
• 
  Plectorhinchus unicolor
  Süsslippe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-01 13:48:10 

Last edit:

2014-11-01 13:48:10 

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