Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) ムスジコショウダイ size 60cm
Oriental Sweetlips can get up to 60 cm. They have fat rubbery lips that are good for sucking prey out of holes in the reef. They have yellow pectoral fins and the black stripes go all the way down behind the pectoral fins. Amami 2019
Front view of Oriental Sweetlips. Amami 2019
A juvenile Oriental Sweetlips next to a Spotfin Squirrelfish. Amami 2023