Crescent sweetlips (Plectorhinchus cinctus)

Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Crescent sweetlips
- Climates: Tropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean
Classification
- Genus: Plectorhinchus - Sweetlips
- Family: Haemulidae - Grunts
- Order: Perciformes - Perches
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Dorsal-fin rays XII, 15-16; anal-fin rays III, 7 ; pectoral-fin rays17. Chin naked, frequently swollen with age; no antrorse spine; caudal rounded or lanceolate in juveniles, becoming truncate or emarginate in adults. Dorsal fin with XI or more spines and 14 to 22 soft rays; 10 to 17 scales between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin; swimbladder without horn-like extensions anteriorly. Body with 3 diagonal dark bars.