Diagramma pictum
Slate sweetlips | Australian Slatey | Blackall | Bluey | Grey Sweetlips | Moke | Painted Blubberlips | Painted Sweetlip Bream | Painted Sweetlips | Slate Bream | Smokey Bream | Diagramma labiosum
Similar Species
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Adult has uniform silver-grey body and slightly darker fins, high fore body tapering strongly to tail base, fine scales, dorsal fin continues well past end of anal fin to start of elongate tail fin base, lacks large rubbery lips of Plectorhinchus species (Sweetlips). Intermediate size animal has dark spots on body and fins; juvenile has broad black, white and sometimes yellow stripes along side.
Information
Max Size: N/A cm
Sea Temperature Range: 20.2-32.2°C
Depth: 0-88m
Habitat Generalization Index: N/A
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: Frequent (10.8% 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: Few (4 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