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Diagramma pictum
Also known as Silver Sweetlips, Painted Sweetlips, Painted Thicklip, Slatey Sweetlip and Slatey Bream. Juvenile sweetlips are solitary fish. They swim with a strange side-to-side motion and are found in sandy areas among debris and rocky outcrops. They feed on fish and benthic crustaceans, and are about 25cm in length.
Found singly or in small groups on sandy bottoms of lagoons and coastal reefs, at depths of 5 to 40m. Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.
Spotted on Dec 17, 2011
Submitted on Jan 30, 2012
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It's even more beautiful when it's fully grown. Still waiting to be able to take a photo of that, though. :)