Plectorhinchus albovittatus
Giant Sweetlips | Giant Thicklip | Indian Grunt | Two-stripe Sweetlips
Similar Species
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Heavy, dark mottled body, usually with a broad diffuse pale bar vertically on mid body, black margins on dorsal, anal and tail fins, and orange colour in spiny dorsal fin visible if extended. Also distinguished by large size. Small juveniles with 2-3 broad black stripes along body with thin white/yellow stripes in between and a pale belly. Intermediate stages with up to for dark stripes which fade to pale grey before taking on adult colouration.
Information
Max Size: 100 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 22.8-30.5°C
Depth: 2-50m
Habitat Generalization Index: 0.36
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (1.9% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland