oriental Sweetlips

Description:

The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips reach up to 72 cm (28 in). Juveniles are striped black. As they age, the stripes in the tail are replaced by black dots on a yellow background. They are mostly found in a Group especially when resting or getting clean by cleaner wrasses.

Habitat:

The Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus, is a species of grunt native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species can be found on both coral and rock reefs at depths from 2 to 25 m